These are the people who
provide the artworks or original charts
we use in our needlework designs.
We are trying to get photos of everyone, but for some reason this is like drawing teeth...check back now and again to see if we have been successful!
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 Lewis Burns is an artist who is known right across Australia for his Australian aboriginal motifs. He creates and sells his original artworks at his gallery, Red Earth Gallery, in Dubbo, New South Wales. You can enter Lewis's own page through this photo of Lewis at the Grand Canyon in the USA. |
 This pair are photographers of the highest calibre, they win awards every time they turn around! Specialising in Australian landscapes and native animals they bring an intimate knowledge of the Australian bush to their understanding of the art of photography. Though retired they are still active in many community groups including photography societies and the local Show Society. The results are photographs that translate into extraordinary needlework designs. |
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 Tanya specialises in folk art, her designs are found on objects as diverse as milk cans and shoe boxes! She has a fondness for Australian native wildflowers and prefers painting those, although her birds are delightful too. Tanya paints the artwork for the needlework designs on black cardboard as milk cans are difficult to hold still and squish flat for translation! |
 Dorothy paints mainly in watercolour and sells her work in shops and galleries around Central Western New South Wales. She favours garden and domestic scenes and landscapes and is particularly well known for her watercolour studies of flowers. |
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 Noelene is a country lady living in Dubbo, NSW. Her interest in art started in early childhood. She first joined the Art Society in 1977, and has had training at TAFE College and Charles Sturt University in fine arts. Over the years Noelene has achieved many 1st, 2nd and Highly Commended Awards in all mediums and is well known for her Australian scenes, birds and animals. Noelene currently holds pastel workshops on a regular basis. |
 Glen was born in Walgett, in Kamilaroi country. Now in his early thirties and based in Dubbo, he has been painting for more than twenty years. Glen paints in both traditional and contemporary styles, using both earth tones and the brighter colours available now. |
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 Daisy has been interested in painting for all of her life. Once her family grew up she spent more time indulging in this fascinating hobby. Working with colour is a happy and rewarding activity. Flowers are her favourite subject and she has painted these in oil, watercolours, pastel and porcelain. |
 After many years of study and teaching art Sue developed a love for traditional landscape and portaiture in oil. In recent years she has found the exciting challenge of still life, flowers and landscapes in watercolour. Sue has successfully exhibited in many private and public exhibitions. Now living back in Dubbo, she is an active member of the Dubbo Arts and Craft Society and Studio 8. |
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 Polly was born in Dubbo and has lived most of her life on a property in Far Western NSW. She has been painting since the early 1980's. She is a largely self taught artist who has escaped the constraints of formal training and has gone on to develop her own unique style. Polly's inspiration comes from many sources, her environment is filled with bursts of colour, showing the love of the landscape, expressed in waves of morning colour and light. Polly has had many successful exhibitions and exhibits in numerous galleries. Her paintings can be found in the homes and offices of international dignitaries, members of Parliament and prominent business people. She now lives in Dubbo with her husband and operates "The Clay Pan Gallery". |
 Jody has created a number of original designs directly to needlework charts, ranging from silhouettes to dragons and mosaic styles. |
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 Robin is the owner of Orana Originals and creates the hook rug designs as well as creating the needlework charts from originals artworks provided by other artists. Robin also works hard on raising an energetic son who shows early promise as a designer in his own right. You can see some of Andrew's designs if you click on the photo to the left |