Art For India

Ellen Lee Osterfield is a local Bendigo artist, who has spent years touring Australia with her husband as musicians, and working in the tourism industry.

Ellen has been painting and drawing from a young age, but began to take it seriously when she turned 15.

Now settled back in her hometown of Bendigo in Victoria Ellen has her own studio and small art gallery where she showcases her work. She enjoys the birdlife that visit her backyard, and features many of them in her paintings. Ellen enjoys using a variety of painting and drawing media, but most recently has been honing her skills using pen and ink and watercolour. She also enjoys creating artworks using texture medium and acrylic paint.

In 2004 Ellen wrote and illustrated a light hearted comic style book called “Wal and Matilda’s ‘round Australia adventures”, featuring anecdotes from her travels. She has also completed a substantial body of illustrations for solo colouring books in Australia. Ellen participates in local and statewide art shows and has won awards in both categories including “Best in Show” and “People’s Choice awards”.

Through her art Ellen seeks to celebrate creation, while showcasing Australia to the world.

We hope you enjoy Ellen’s work!

Rebecca grew up and went to school in the Bendigo area before moving to Melbourne to study Contemporary Art at Deakin University. While studying, she felt drawn to the urban landscape, as living in inner city Melbourne offered endless subject matter in the decaying buildings, peeling layers of paint, plant life that continues to find its way through concrete and brick work, old architecture and modern architecture,  Rebecca spent hours visiting the many small galleries around Richmond, St Kilda, Fitzroy and Melbourne, finding inspiration from practicing artists including Rick Amor, Phillip Wolfhagen, Tony Irving, Aida Tomescu and Rosalie Gascoigne, among others.

Rebecca developed a love for the early Australian painters through regular visits to the National Gallery of Victoria where she discovered artists such as Charlies Blackman, Imants Tillers, Fred Williams, Gary Shead, Margaret Preston, Arthur Streeton and Clarice Beckett.

Rebecca continues to draws inspiration from the surrounding buildings and landscapes, as they are an endless source of texture, colour, possibles composition and subject matter, particularly as they change over time. Works are completed mainly in acrylic or oil paints.

We hope you enjoy Rebeccas Work!