Patricia (Trish) grew up in Sandringham, Victoria in a family that encouraged her love of painting and drawing. Throughout her school years she loved her Art classes but also enjoyed Science. She completed a Bachelor of Science with Honours at The University of Melbourne, majoring in Botany. She held several Research positions in Plant Science and, while working, completed her Master of Science degree. Throughout these years she continued drawing and painting.
In 2006 she joined the Glen Eira Cheltenham Art Group (GECAG) where she took watercolour classes with Craig Penny and Maxine Wade. She has attended many workshops, most recently with Joseph Zbukvic, Alvaro Castagnet and Fabio Cembranelli. She has been on painting trips to Italy, Flinders Ranges, Sydney/Blue Mountains, North Queensland and Tasmania. In addition to her membership with GECAG, Glen Eira Artists’ Society (Committee), Hughesdale Art Group and Watercolour Society of Victoria, she paints weekly with the Bayside En Plein Air group (Beaumaris Art Group) and regularly with Clive Sinclair’s En Plein Air group.
Her work has been exhibited and sold in several Rotary Art Shows (including Camberwell), Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and Art Group shows. She has won several awards.
In October 2023 she was honoured to be invited to have a Solo Exhibition at the beautiful Kinross Art Centre, Toorak. As part of the show she did a live demonstration of her en plein air painting style and was interviewed about her art by the 3MBS Radio station on their Arts Weekly program.
She loves experimenting with new watercolour techniques and subjects which is reflected in the variety of her work. She especially enjoys painting flowers and on-site painting (en plein air).
