Denise Bond

Biography

As an emerging artist having exhibited in several group exhibitions, my painting style for portraits and still life is Realist, while my landscapes are more Impressionist, particularly inspired by Gustav Klimt. Over the past decade I have attended workshops and classes with various tutors in local art societies. I also paint traditional Byzantine icons in tempera and attend a Melbourne based Icon School. I teach acrylic painting at Hastings U3A.
My blended background of realist oil painting and Iconography has led to a desire to at times apply different techniques to various mediums and to challenge some traditional practices. My career has combined a literary stream with social work.
CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
1995 Dip Arts/Writing
1997 Grad Dip Lit (focus on children’s books)
1998 Studio Art Practice (traditional & contemporary artworks)
2015-16 Portrait & Plein Air classes with Joe Attard
2015-16 Workshop - Colin Johnson (Plein Air)
2015-16 Workshop - Ursula Betka (gilding methods for iconographers)
2017-19 Various workshops at Peninsula Art Society
2018-19 Portrait classes with Cathy van Ee
2019-22 Still Life classes with William (Bill) Caldwell
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONS
1995 MT - East St Kilda
1996 DC - Prahran
1998 DC - Prahran
1999 DC - portrait, Prahran
2011 PM - portrait, Williamstown
2012 (icon) Safe in His Mother’s Arms (after Wang Hon-yi)
2013 PM - portrait, Williamstown
2014 IMcD - portrait, Balwyn
2015 (icon) St George & the Dragon (2015 Icon Calendar)
2016 PM - portrait, Williamstown
2016 SC - landscape, Eltham
2019 (icon) Rublev’s Old Testament/The Trinity (2020 Icon Calendar)
EXHIBITIONS (oil on canvas)
2000 Solo - Port Arthur Series (Carlton café)
2010 Group - Interfaith Festival, East Meets West, Mornington
2014 Group - Ferntree Gully Art Show
2015 Group - Mayoral Exhibition, Ringwood
2016 Group - Mayoral Exhibition, Ringwood
2016 Group - Small works Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery
2019 Group - Peninsula Art Society
Group Icon Exhibitions ‘Liturgical Art’ (Tempera on wooden board)
2006 - Fitzroy
2012 - Hawthorn
2014/2019 - Parkville