Annie Slade is an accomplished artist whose art practice spans the genres of landscape, still life, portraiture and figure representation. She uses both drawing and painting to express her subjects in a range of media including oil and acrylic paint, pastel, charcoal, ink, and watercolour.
Influences
I was drawn to the visual representation of the world around me from a young age. This was encouraged by my father and by teachers at school. My great grandfather had been an exhibiting member of the Royal Art Society of New South Wales, and his daughters all drew and painted and were proficient in the field of photography. So perhaps it was ‘in my blood’ so to speak, if such a proclivity can be inherited. My mother was also encouraging, buying me monthly issues of ‘Discovering Art’ and ‘Great Masters’ magazines. Visits to the Art Gallery of New South Wales provided further inspiration. I was always impressed with drawing and developed an appreciation of skilled draughtsmanship. I took Art as a subject at Secondary School and was fortunate to be taught and encouraged by my teacher the Sydney Potter Marguerite Maloney. During my more formal art training I had many inspirational teachers.
Training
I trained at The National Art School and The Royal Art Society of New South Wales. I received a broad foundation across genres and media. My Diploma from the Royal Art Society enabled me to become an exhibiting member of this historical society. I studied at the Sydney Kindergarten Teachers’ College and taught art to children running After School Art classes and implementing progressive programmes which were experiential and encouraged creativity. This led to study and a Master of Education in Early Childhood degree by Research at Macquarie University. Continuing to draw and paint throughout working and child raising was the greatest training of all.
Alliances, Contacts and Achievements
Norfolk Island Design for Postage Stamp 1980
Awards for Drawing and Painting at Norfolk Island Show
Painting Trips Flinder’s Ranges South Australia 2013
Western Australia 2015
Dodecanese Islands, Greece 2015
Korea 2017
Hill End 2017
Royal Art Society of New South Wales
Student Exhibition Engine Room Prize 2010
Student Exhibition President’s Award Winner 2011
Student Exhibition Highly Commended for Drawing
Student Exhibition Allen Hansen Memorial Award,
Jenny Lemmone Hill Scholarship 2012
Student Exhibition Commended Portraiture Award
Winner Drawing Award 2014
Awarded Royal Art Society NSW Diploma 2014
Awarded Exhibiting Membership Royal Art Society NSW
Exhibited Royal Art Society NSW Exhibitions 2015 to
Present
Represented in RAS Website Artists’ Gallery
Bathurst School of Art Exhibition Portraits Selected 2014
Sketching with Phil McKay ARAS NSW
Various sites around Sydney each month Jan 2014 -
Dec 2015
Art in the Hills Exhibition Selected 2015
South Coast Pastel Society
Membership 2015
Ginninderra Exhibition Canberra 2017
South Coast Pastel Society Website Representation
National Pastel Exhibition Finalist 2016, 2018
Royal Agricultural Society (Easter Show) New South Wales
Art and Craft Exhibition
Judges Comment 2016
Highly Commended Figurative Class 2019
Commended Still Life 2022
St Ives Show 2017
First Prize Drawing Portrait, 2nd Prize Painting
Hornsby Art Society
Portrait Group Epping to Concord campuses 2017/2018
Drummoyne Art Society Membership 2018
Inaugural Rose Show Art Exhibition Goulburn
Painting selected 2018
Epping Arts Fair 2018
Competitive section 3 paintings selected
Non - Competitive section 5 paintings selected
Australian Museum Sydney
Invitation to draw birds in Research Library 2018
Brooklyn Sketchbook Project New York USA
Visitors to My Garden – Birds 2019
Commissions
Foundations of a City Oil Triptych 2022
The Rat’s Story Book Illustrations 2019
Greg Hansell Studio Workshop Windsor
Pastel work 2023
National Trust of NSW Norman Lindsay Gallery Faulconbridge
Life Drawing from the Model 2023
