Sharyn McCombe lives and works on the Mornington Peninsula.
Throughout Sharyn’s life she has maintained a connection with the visual arts. Working initially as a secondary school Art Teacher before entering the role of Programs Co-ordinator for the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. The rendering of atmosphere and the exploration of oil paint application have always been a source of inspiration and fascination within McCombe’s practice.
Artist Statement
Rain, mist, fog, clouds, light, weather. These natural elements, and the emotional responses that they can inspire, are key points of focus in my artwork. The dynamic transformations of land, sea and sky catalysed by weather and time of day have always fascinated me. I spend much of my daily life outdoors subject to weather conditions and often look at the radar to gauge if my daily routine will be interrupted. As weather is always in the backdrop of my daily life, it mediates my lived experience. When the afternoon clouds are thick with humidity, I often feel a sense of foreboding. When the sunrise is reflected in morning mist, I feel a sense of freshness and mystery. I wish to communicate these impressions to the viewer and encourage new ways of perceiving the shifting environment surrounding us.
My artwork provides a space to explore and reflect the moods and emotions associated with the tension between stillness and movement in the natural world. This is done through a painterly style that uses oil and canvas and employing techniques such as building up layers of paint, scratching, stencilling or rubbing back and making marks.
2020 WALL PRICE, include framing, commission etc
90cm x 90cm $3950
120cm x 120cm $4790
100cm x 150cm $4990
Education
2016: Advanced Diploma of Visual Arts, Chisholm Institute
1983: Completed Bachelor of Education Arts and Crafts at Melbourne State College
Exhibitions
Bellarine And Beyond
2020 May 1-31st
Salt Gallery Queenscliff
May 1-31st 2020
Women’s Group Show
With Sue Anderson, Gillian Lodge, Eleanor Millard, Natalie Anderson, Sally West
Southern Horizons
2019 November, solo Merricks House Art Gallery, 3460 Frankston-Flinders Road, Merricks Victoria
Sorrento Group Show,
2019 Manyung Gallery January 2019, Sell out
2018 Selected Red Hill Art Show, all sold
Sorrento Group Show 2017/18 , summer Sorrento Manyung Gallery, Group show, Sell out
Elemental Landscapes
2017 Manyung Gallery Solo,Mt Eliza, Sell out
2015 End of Year Student Exhibition. Chisholm , Frankston
2015 Ron Rado Memorial Exhibition , Walker Street , Dandenong
2015 Monash Health in collaboration with Chisholm Art Exhibition
2016 Space in Art, finalist, Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St, Frankston
2015 Ministers Tafe Art Series Exhibition in memory of the Honourable Lynne Kosky. 2 Treasury Place, East Melbourne
2014 Ron Rado Memorial Exhibition, Walker Street, Dandenong
2014 Fig Tree Gallery Joint Exhibition with Cathie Coleman, Nepean Hwy, McCrae
2014 “Little Landscapes”, Bright Space, St Kilda, Victoria
2013 End of Year Student Exhibition
2013 ”Little Landscapes” Bright Space , St Kilda, Victoria
2004 Toorak College Art Show, Old Mornington Road, Mornington Peninsula Victoria
1989 Royal Prince Albert Hall, City Centre, Exeter, England (pastel drawing)
AWARDS/ ACQUISITION/ SELECTIONS
2016 Ron Rado Memorial Acquisitive Art Prize, Walker Street Gallery , Dandenong. Encouragement Award
2016 Space in Art, finalist, Frankston Arts Centre, Davey St, Frankston
2015 4 paintings exhibited at Minister’s Tafe Art Series collected by Chisholm
2015 Painting selected by Chisholm to be auctioned at the Crown Casino Melbourne to help raise funds for Tertiary Education
2015 Selected number of works for Minister’s Tafe Art Series , Exhibition in memory of the Honourable Lynne Kosky, 2 Treasury Place, Melbourne
2004: Toorak College Art Show, Mornington Peninsula
Drawing Prize (graphite pencil)
1989: Royal Prince Albert Hall, Exeter, England (pastel drawing) Art Prize- best drawing in show.
Related activities:
· Art Teacher for 12 years
· Programs Co-ordinator for the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.