ARTIST PROFILE: CAROLE NEALE: 2017. I HAVE HAD A LIFE-TIME INTEREST IN ART SINCE ATTENDING MALVERN GIRLS' WHERE THEY HAD AN EXCELLENT CURRICULUM IN ART AND CRAFTS. IN 1985 I COMMENCED ART LESSONS. THE MEDIUM WAS OIL AND THE THE METHOD TONAL. A CONSIDERABLE TIME WAS SPENT PAINTING IN BLACK AND WHITE BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE USE OF COLOUR. I HAVE CONTINUED TO PAINT WITH THE TONAL METHOD USING MEDIUMS - OIL, PASTEL AND ACRYLIC. SINCE 2009 I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF RINGWOOD ART SOCIETY. CURRENTLY I STILL ENJOY PAINTING AT THE HOME STUDIO OF TUTOR MOLLY ROCHE.

FOR ME, PAINTING IS LIKE A FORM OF MEDITATION, USING AN ENERGY FROM WITHIN THAT IS GOOD FOR  BODY AND SOUL.

ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE ART WORKS HUNG AND / OR SOLD AT CAMBERWELL ROTARY ART SHOW IN 1992, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017.  CHELSEA ROTARY ART SHOW, THE HERALD-SUN MOOMBA ART SHOW, THE RED EARTH GALLERY AT MOOROOLBARK, STRATHDON COMMUNITY ART SHOW, THE BELGRAVE FIRE BRIGADE ART SHOW IN 2015, ART SHOWS RUN BY R.A.S. AT SHOPPING CENTRES. AWARDS INCLUDE  A HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR A SEASCAPE - "PIER AT PORT ALBERT, VICTORIA". AND  A SIMILAR AWARD FOR A "STILL LIFE","BLUE PLUMBAGO AND ORANGE POT".THIS PIECE SOLD IN 2015 AT THE MELBOURNE FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW. AT THIS SAME VENUE IN 2017 A PIECE CALLED "ÏRRESISTIBLE WHITE ICEBERG ROSES" WAS SUCCESSFUL TOO. 

2018 - THIS YEAR,  I AM DELIGHTED TO HAVE THREE PIECES OF WORK ACCEPTED FOR THE CAMBERWELL ROTARY ART SHOW.