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ABOUT LYDIA
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Lydia was born in the Ukraine during the war and arrived in Australia, from Germany,as a migrant in the early 50’s. She vividly remembers spending most of her early years by herself, drawing on scraps of paper, book covers and walls, with anything she could get her hands on.
No doubt these early years profoundly influenced her love for painting generally, and colourful expressive works, in particular.
Lydia is an Arts graduate from the University of NSW. She also has a Graduate Diploma in Education.
She started painting ‘formally’ at the Seaforth School for Art before studying with a number of leading Australian artists at the Julian Ashton Art School, The Royal Art Society and The Workshop Art Centre, Willoughby. In June 2010 she was made a Fellow of The Royal Art Society.
While living in Singapore and Vietnam, Lydia travelled extensively throughout S.E.Asia, studied Chinese brush painting with the late Chinese Master, Chen Wen Hsi and conducted classes in oil painting with locals and expatriates. She also held three very successful solo exhibitions.
She is passionate about music and is seen by some reviewers as a 'synaesthetic" artist..."Lydia doesn’t mimic the music she hears, instead, she allows it to connect with her emotively, enriching her with its creative energy and transferring itself onto the canvas".
Although Lydia has always liked drawing, portraits and caligraphy, she now has a ‘preference’ for abstract and semi abstract works that explore her love for Asia, The Outback and other Australian landscapes - particularly around Rosedale, on the South Coast, and Bellingen on the North Coast of New South Wales.
Lydia has been painting professionally for over 20 years and presently teaches and paints from her Sydney studio. She has completed portraits for several leading political and academic figures and has a mix of her work in private collections in Australia, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the USA. |
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