From as far back as she could remember, Australian watercolour artist, Jocelyn Carmel Brown has always painted. It was especially exciting for her when, at the age of ten, her painting was included on an UNESCO calendar which was distributed world wide. However, it was not until after the birth of her third son in the early 1980s that she was able to take up formal study at the Canberra School of Art. It was here that she became attracted to the watercolour medium with its qualities of fluidity, transparency and luminosity.
During the 1980s and 1990s Jocelyn combined her emerging art career with that of her former career as an academic librarian. She mainly specialized in portraiture, figurative studies and the flora and fauna of the Canberra Bush. After acquiring an Arts Council Grant and winning many awards her works were purchased by major institutions such as the National Library of Australia, the Australian National University and the Canberra Community Hospital. Her portraits have been hung on three occasions in the Portia Geach Portraiture Prize .
In the late 1990s Jocelyn moved to the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers area of New South Wales. Inspired by this vibrant area's lush rainforests and sparkling coastlines her work immediately took on a transformation. She began using more exuberant, brighter colours and. deviating from the traditional method, began mixing inks with watercolour.
Jocelyn is currently working on a series highlighting the individual chacteristics of the local villages They are brightly coloured strong designs with a quirky naive flavour. From April this year Jocelyn will be travelling to France, Greece and Malaysia where she will spend several months painting and catching up with family and colleagues.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2003/4 Bangalow House, Bangalow NSW
2002 “Retrospective Exhibition”, RSL Hall, Bangalow, NSW
2001 “Mystical creatures”, Caddies, Lismore, NSW
1997 “Watercolour Moments”, Cuppacumbalong Gallery, Tharwa ACT
1996 “The Flower dance”, Hyatt Hotel, Canberra
1995 Graphix Brasserie, Kingston, ACT
1992 “Feathers and Foliage”, Burps Gallery Restaurant, Braddon ACT
1990 Hugo Gallery, Manuka ACT
1987 Canterbury Society of the Arts, Christchurch, NZ
1986 Chapman Gallery, Manuka ACT
1984 Arts Council of the ACT, Gorman House
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2004 Waywood Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
2004 “Vibrant land” with Suvira McDonald and Katherine Castle. Jasper Gallery, Federal, NSW
2000-04 Barebones Gallery, Bangalow, NSW
2000-03 Cape Gallery, Byron Bay NSW
1998 “From the Desert to the Sea”, with Gay Emmerson, Griffith, ACT
1995 “Beyond the Picket Fence”, Australian Women’s Art. National Library of Australia, ACT
1987 Canberra Art Workshop Annual Exhibition
1986 Woden Town Library
1986 Joint Exhibition, Craft Council of the ACT & Canberra Art Workshop
1985 “Three Artists”, Gallery 41, ACT
1985 Greenhills Gallery, Adelaide, SA
1984 Joint Exhibition, Craft Council of the ACT & Canberra Art Workshop
1984 “Four Watercolourists” Southlands Gallery, ACT
1984 Courbould Callery, Brisbane, Qld
1984 Canberra Art Workshop Annual Exhibition
1983 Southlands Gallery, ACT
REPRESENTATIONS AT MAJOR COMPETITIONS, PRIZES & INSTITUTIONS
1990 Southern Cross Ballina. Watercolour Prize
1999/2000/4 Living Treasures Exhibition, Lismore Regional Gallery. Selected
1999 World Environment Day Prize. Big Scrub Environment Centre Lismore, NSW
1997 James Kiwi Watercolour Prize. Wollongong Art Gallery. Highly Commended
1992/3 Australian National University purchased two painting
1988 Camberwell Rotary Art Show. Selected
1988 Warringah Art Award. Watercolour
1987 Australian National Library purchased portrait of Professor A. D. Hope
1986 Lifeline Tamworth Art Affair. Prize for Drawing
1985-89 Royal Easter Show. Selected. Watercolour and Portraiture
1988 Warringah Art Award. Prize for Watercolour
1985/8/90 Portia Geach Portraiture Prize. Selected
1985 Mosman Art Prize. Selected
1984 Canberra Times Art Award. Selected
1985 Marist College ACT. Prize for Watercolour
1984 Royal Canberra Show. Portraiture and Figurative Prizes
1983 Queanbeyan Art Society. Peter Stuyvesant Award
1982 The Artists’ Society of Canberra.. Prize for Watercolour
PUBLICATIONS
“Joanne”, Paul Williams. Illustrated by Jocelyn Carmel Brown. Sydney, Harcourt, Brace and Jovanovich, 1990.
“The Healing Power of Art “ Australian Artist, no 138, January 1996, pp 6-7
COMMISSIONS, GRANTS
1984 ACT House of Assembly. Grant for Arts Council Exhibition. Gorman House, ACT
1994 ACT Government Art & Public Places. Commission . Six paintings for Intensive Care Unit, Woden Valley Hospital, ACT
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