NARELLE TELFORD

EDUCATION:           1981, National Art School, Sydney 

WORKSHOPS:         Waverley, Willoughby, Roseville, and Grafton.  

Tutors including Margaret Woodward. 

AWARDS: 

Salute to the Arts, Championship Award                      2005 

Opal Cove Resort Art Show                                         2004 

Coffs Harbour City Art Prize                                        1994-2002 

Major Championship Award                                         1997 

Great Lakes Art Exhibition                                           1995 

Sarina Art Exhibition                                                   1994 

Advocate Art Exhibition, Coffs Harbour                       1990-93 

Works have been selected for exhibition in the EMSLA, Walkom Manning Art Prize, Grafton Regional Gallery JADA Drawing Awards, Sydney Royal Art Show and Mosman Art Show. 

EXHIBITIONS: 

Bunker Gallery                                                            2007 

Greenstone Gallery                                                     2007 

Sydney Town Art Gallery, Sydney                                2005 

Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery                                   2004, 2009 

Artist In Residence, Uluru Resort Gallery                      2003 

Grafton Regional Gallery                                             2003, 2006, 2007 

Gallery 2, Brisbane                                                      2001 

Carmichael Gallery, Sydney                                         2001 

Pokolbin Gallery, Hunter Valley                                    2001 

555 Crown St Gallery, Sydney                                     2000 

Grosvenor Place, Sydney                                            2000, 1999 

The Artist Gallery, Sydney                                           1998 

Art Expo '97 Sydney                                                   1997      

Hang-Ups Gallery, Brisbane                                         1997, 2002 

Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour                            1993 –1998, 2005, 2008  

Narelle's work is represented in private and corporate collections throughout Australia, and in the U.K., U.S.A., Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, New Zealand and many International Resorts. 

Narelle Telford grew up in Sydney and now lives on the North Coast of NSW with her husband, in an idyllic setting between the forest and the sea near Coffs Harbour. 

Always an adventurous spirit, Narelle's trips through Europe, Africa and Asia influenced her early works. 

Treks through Central Australia and the Simpson Desert by camel and on foot and through Western NSW along the Darling River to Kinchega and Mungo National Parks have resulted in a joyful and colourful celebration of Australian landscapes highlighting the bush and desert regions. 

"  Capturing the essence, feelings and emotions of a subject is of prime importance to my work, dictating the development and colours used. The fluidity of applying my thoughts to a painting results in a dynamic and shifting diversity of work. Either contemporary or abstract, my style and subject matter vary, so interpretation can be left to the individual"