ARTIST'S PROFILE - Penelope Gilbert-Ng

Penelope’s passion to paint started in early childhood. She completed a five-year scholarship at East Sydney Technical College awarded a Diploma in Painting Fine Arts in 1971.

A Director of the Royal Queensland Art Society Inc., 1991-1997. Vice-President RQAS Inc.2005-2006, Acting President 2006, President RQAS Inc. 2006-. A member of the Queensland Wildlife Artist Society, 1991-2000
Member and Master Pastellist of the Pastel Society of Australia. Fellow of the Royal Qld Art Society Inc.

Penelope is an experienced workshop teacher and has also been a teacher of ‘the art of drawing, painting with oils, pastels and water colours’ at the Moreton Institute of TAFE from 1991-2000. Also teaching at Art Societies in Beenleigh, Coochiemudlo, Sunshine Coast, Mount Isa and at the Arts Academy in Morningside. Penelope has held workshops in Mount Isa, 1996, Binna Burra Lodge Lamington Plateau, 1997 and Kindilan Redland Bay, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004,Sunshine Coast Art Group, Hinterland Art Group, Oakey Art Group 2006, Pastel Art Society of South Australia 2006, Brisbane Institute of Art 2007- Shall be Teaching Acrylic Landscape/Still Life at Grafton Autumn Artsfest 2008.

While living in Papua New Guinea for 13 years, Penelope held three solo exhibitions, 1974, 1976 and 1986, and was commissioned to paint many of New Guinea’s leading politicians including Sir Michael Somare, Sir John Guise and Sir Barry Holloway. Penelope’s paintings are now held in many private collections worldwide. Penelope is a multi-awarded prizewinner. Scholarship from The Pastel Society of America to study Pastel in New York 2003. Finalist Portia Geach Portrait Prize 1973/1974 and Finalist The Archibald Portrait Prize 1973. 2005- Champion Portrait of the Show EKKA. RNA.

Solo Exhibitions:
1974,1976,1986- Mt Hagen and Lae, Papua New Guinea
1995 - Gull Cottage Gallery, Springwood
1998 - United Service Club, Brisbane
2001 - Lancaster Gallery, Ascot

Combined Exhibitions:
1998 - with Potter David Charlton, Gull Cottage Gallery, Springwood
1999 - with Shirley Charlton, Grand View Hotel, Cleveland
2005 – with Don Hamilton, Gallery 419 Royal Qld Art Society, Upper Street, Brisbane

Judge:
2002 - Beenleigh Rotary Art Show and Guest Artist - 9th Annual International Miniature Art Awards and Exhibition.
2003 –Maleny Art Awards - Woodford Biennial Art Awards
2005 –Watercolour Society of Qld Inc. - Artist Guild of Caboolture & District Inc
2006 -St Catherine’s 1st Inaugural Art Competition
2007 -Watercolour Society Of Qld Inc
2007 - RQASI Gold Coast Branch 120 years Annual

Awards:
1992 – Commended Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society. 2nd Prize Oil, Royal National Agricultural Show
1993 – 1st Prize Pastel, Redcliffe Art Society. 3rd Prize Oil, Royal National Agricultural Show. Highly Commended Pastel, Yurara Art Society
Highly Commended Pastel, Bribie Island Art Competition
1995 – Very Highly Commended Pastel, Redcliffe Art Society
1996 - Commended Pastel on Watercolour, RQASI. Highly Commended Pastel on Watercolour, RQASI. Commended Water Soluble Pencil, RQASI. Highly Commended Pastel, Moreton Bay College Art Exhibition.
1997 – 1st Prize Acrylic, Rotary Club Mount Isa. Highly Commended Oil, Barcaldine Art Council Inc. 1st Prize Oil on Acrylic, the 29th Ernest Henry Memorial Art Competition, Cloncurry.
1998 – Highly Commended Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society. Highly Commended Oil, Lions Club of MacGregor. Highly Commended Pastel, Lions Club of MacGregor. 2nd Prize Acrylic, Rotary Club Mount Isa. 1st Prize Watercolour, Bundaberg Arts Festival. 1st Prize Pastel, Bundaberg Arts Festival. 3rd Prize Oil, The 30th Ernest Henry Memorial Art Competiton, Cloncurry. Best Oil, Queensland Wildlife Art Society.
1999 – 1st Prize Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society. 2nd Prize Drawing, Royal National Agricultural Show
3rd Prize Pastel, Royal National Agricultural Show. Highly Commended Pastel, Jack Ambler Portrait Prize, RNA. Commended Pastel, Bundaberg Arts Festival. Commended Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society.
2000 - Commended Pastel, Sarina. Two works accepted to go to Germany for the Faber-Castell Qld Wildlife Artist Society Exhibition in the Faber-Castell (both sold). 1st Prize Pastel, Golden Valley Lions Club Art Show, Aspley. Highly Com. Watercolour, Golden Valley Lions Club Art, Aspley. Best of the Best Award Pastel, Beenleigh Rotary Club Art Exhibition. Best Pastel, Brookfield Show Art Competition 1st Prize Pastel, Camoorweal Drover’s Camp Art Exhibition. 3rd Prize Oil, Golden Valley Lions Club Art Show, Aspley. Finalist, Australian Artist Magazine. 1st Prize Drawing, The 32nd Ernest Henry Memorial Art, Cloncurry. 1st Prize Pastel, Bundaberg Arts Festival. Commended Pastel, Bundaberg Arts Festival. 1st Prize Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society. Article published in the Australian Artist Magazine, Dec.issue,pages 90-93.
2001 - Commended Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society. 2nd Prize Pastel, Golden Valley Lions Club Art Show, Aspley. Highly Commended Oil, Golden Valley Lions Club Art Show, Aspley. 1st Prize Pastel, Capricorn Coast Art Festival, Yepoon. Commended Pastel, Sarina. Finalist, Australian Artist Magazine. Highly Commended Pastel, Royal Queensland Art Society. 3rd Prize Pastel, Royal National Agricultural Show. 1st Prize Oil, The 33rd Ernest Henry Memorial Art Competition, Cloncurry. 1st Prize Acrylic, Laidley
1st Prize Pastel, Laidley. Maryborough Council bought pastel “ Morning Light, Kindilan.” 2nd Prize Pastel Portrait at Royal Qld Art Society. 1st Prize Portrait (pastel) 34th Ernest Henry Memorial Art Cloncurry. Awarded – Master Pastellist of the Year Award Incentive. Award at the Pastel Society of Australia Annual Meeting.
2002 - 1st Prize Pastel, Sarina. Published in the Australian Artist Magazine. Guest Artist and Judge, Beenleigh Rotary Art Exhibition. 2nd Prize Pastel, Golden Valley Lions Club Art Show, Aspley. Judge for the 9th Annual International Miniature Art Awards and Exhibition On behalf of the Australian Society of Miniature Art Qld. Inc.
2003- Attended Pastel Society of America New York Scholarship Tuition with 7 Tutors. Judge Maleny 10th Annual Art Competition. Commended RQAS Annual Open Section. Commended RQAS Watercolour Section. 1st Prize Outback Characters (pastel)Camoorweal Drover’s Camp Art Competition. 1st Prize Spirit of the Outback Section (pastel) Camoorweal Drover’s Camp Art Competition. 2nd Prize Portrait (oil) 35th Ernest Henry Memorial Prize, Cloncurry. 3rd Prize 35th Drawing (Charcoal) Ernest Henry Memorial Prize, Cloncurry. Judge Woodford Biennial Art Awards. Awarded Fellowship of the Royal Qld Art Society Inc. 2nd Prize Open Section 30th Southern Cross Art Festival Ballina (Pastel Portrait). 1st in Pastellist of the Year Award 2003 Pastel Society of Australia Annual 2nd Master Pastellist Incentive Prize Annual Awards.
2004 - Highly Commended RQAS Annual Open Section. Highly Commended RQAS Annual Watercolour Section. Very Highly Commended RQAS Pastel Competition. Finalist Australian Artist Magazine Challenge 17 Seascapes/Rivers & Lakes. 1st Prize Portrait (oil) 36th Ernest Henry Memorial Prize Cloncurry. 1st Prize Landscape (pastel) Barcaldine. 1st Prize Theme Competition Flora & Fauna (oil) R.Q.A.S. 2nd Yearly Incentive Master Pastellist Prize Pastel Society of Australia. Highly Commended Pastellist of the Year Award Pastel Society of Australia.
2005 - Champion Portrait of the Show EKKA. 1st Outback Character Camooweal. 1st Barcaldine Portrait Pastel 1st Pastel Competition and 2 Highly Commendeds Royal Qld Art Society. Judge Watercolour Society of Qld Inc. Highly Commended and Commended in Summertime Theme RQASI. Finalist in Australian Artist Magazine Landscape Challenge/21. Judge Caboulture Art Society. Published in Australian Artist Magazine next 2 months. 1st Yearly Incentive Master Pastellist Prize Pastel Society of Australia. Highly Commended Pastellist of the Year Award Pastel Society of Australia.
2006 – 1st Works on Paper RQAS (Pastel). 1st RQAS Pastel Competition. Highly Commended RQAS Pastel Competition. Commended RQAS Pastel Competition. Article published in March Australian Artist Magazine. Highly Commended Pastel Brookfield Show. 2nd Prize Pine Rivers Pastel Section. Highly Commended RQAS Annual Open Section. Judge Qld Wildlife Art Society Inc. 1st Prize Portrait Scope Prize Sarina. Highly Commended Pastel Scope Prize Sarina. 1st Prize Mackay Pastel. Highly Commended Mackay Portrait. Judge St Catherines’ 1st Inugeral Art Show. Highly Commended Pastel Society of Australia’s website competition. 1st Pastellist of the Year Award Pastel Society of Australia. 1st Yearly Incentive Master Pastellist Prize Pastel Society of Australia.
2007 – 2nd Just Nudes Ipswich Pastel/Drawing. Very Highly Commended RQASI Annual Watercolour Selected Redeemer Christian Art Awards. 1st Prize Pastel Scope Prize Sarina. 1st Prize Portrait Maleny Art Awards. 1st Prize RQASI Works on Paper (Pastel). 1st Prize Mackay Art Society Pastel Section.