Fiona Chandler
Fiona is a mixed media artist who lives in Freshwater, Sydney. Interested in capturing the beauty of the natural world, specifically nature’s colours and texture. Depicting nature at its most vulnerable. A former Warringah Council’s Artist in Residence, she created Harbord Public School’s first Artist in Residence programme.
Fiona Established the Conversations with Creative Women Series at Manly Art Gallery in conjunction with the Creative Women’s Circle in Melbourne. Fiona has been a finalist in the Small Things Art Prize in Woollahra, the Manly Regional Gallery, and has exhibited in group shows throughout Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from the University of Newcastle and a Masters in Design from the University of Technology Sydney.
After 18 years as a designer/illustrator, in 2014 Fiona made the leap to becoming a full time artist. Fiona’s works live with people excited by colour and nature. By working with watercolour and mixed media, Fiona creates a fluidity in the work, subtle washes, bright colours, and fine lines that gently move across large pieces of paper and the canvas. The idea of decay highlights the ecological crisis, even though Fiona’s artworks appeal to the beauty of aesthetics, they can serve as a reminder to notice and love the environment we live in.
