Spray of Orchids

By Pat Hall

Medium: Watercolour on stretched paper

Size: 122cm by 91cm

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About the Artist

A Brief History

Pat Hall floods her stretched paper canvases with colour before sealing them in a UV stabilised and waterproof coating. The images remain vibrant and accessible without being hidden behind glass; breathing new life into the medium.
Pat was born in Kent, England. After immigrating to Australia in 1991 she worked as an illustrator for many years and now paints and teaches from her home studio in Clear Mountain.
Pat is a passionate gardener and her paintings are inspired by the textures, colours and dazzling sunlight of Australian gardens and bushland. Pat won ‘Best Watercolour’ in The Rotary Art Spectacular 2016 and 2019. People’s Choice Award at The D’Arcy Doyle Art Awards in 2018, 2021 and 2023, as well as Highly Commended in 2019 and 2021.

Awards

2023

People’s Choice Award – Doyles Art Awards 

People’s Choice Award – Botanica de Materia Medica, Sydney

Finalist – Brisbane Rotary Art Show

Finalist – Clayton Utz Art Award

2022

Finalist – Lethbridge landscape Prize

Finalist – Lethbridge landscape Prize

Finalist – Clayton Utz Art Award

2021

Highly Commended – D’Arcy Doyle Art Award

First Prize – MELT Portrait Prize
Finalist – Lethbridge Landscape Prize

Finalist - Clayton Utz Art Award

People's Choice Award - D'Arcy Doyle Art Awards

2020

Finalist - Stanthorpe Art Prize
Finalist – Clayton Utz Art Award
Finalist – Lethbridge 20000
Finalist – Brisbane Portrait Prize

2019

Best Watercolour – Rotary Art Spectacular
Highly Commended – D’Arcy Doyle Art Awards
Finalist – Clayton Utz Art Award
Finalist – Lethbridge 20000

2018

People's Choice Award - D'Arcy Doyle Art Award
Finalist - Stanthorpe Art Prize
Finalist- Rotary Art Spectacular
2017
Finalist - Clayton Utz Art Award
Finalist- Rotary Art Spectacular

2016
Finalist - Clayton Utz Art Award
Best Watercolour- Rotary Art Spectacular

2015
Finalist - Clayton Utz Award
Highly Commended - Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular

2014
First Prize - The Royal Queensland Show
Best in Show - The Brookfield Show

2013
First Prize - The Royal Queensland Show
Highly Commended - The Brookfield Show

2012
First Prize - The Royal Queensland Show
First Prize - The Brookfield Show

2011
First Prize - The Royal Queensland Show

2010
Highly Commended - The Royal Queensland Show

2009
First prize - The Royal Queensland Show
Second Prize - The Royal Queensland Show

2004
Second Prize - The Royal Queensland Show

1999
Third Prize - The Royal Queensland Show

Exhibitions

2021

Lethbridge Landscape Prize
MELT Portrait Prize

2020

Brisbane Portrait Prize
First Bloom, solo exhibition, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney
Harmony, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery

2019

Glimpse, solo exhibition, Lethbridge gallery
Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba
Dimensions, Nudgee College
Aurum, Brisbane Grammar Art Show

2018
Sundance, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery
Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba
Connection, Brisbane Grammar Art Show
Dimensions, Nudgee College
Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase in Bulimba, QLD

2017
Shine, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Evolve, 2017 Grammar Art Show, Brisbane QLD
Lethbridge Artist Gallery Showcase, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Downlands Art Exhibition, Toowoomba, QLD

2016
Element of Chance, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Impressions, Grammar Art Show, Brisbane, QLD
Element II, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD

2015
Element, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
Discover, Grammar Art Show, Brisbane

2014
Sapphire Grammar Art Show, Brisbane
Fleeting Fluidity Solo Exhibition, Brisbane

2013
Illuminate Grammar Art Show, Brisbane

2012
Summertime Solo Exhibition, The Blue Room, Brisbane
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