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
2024
Highly Commended – Clayton Utz Art Award
Finalist – Kennedy Art Prize
Finalist – Doyles Art Award
Finalist – Brisbane Rotary Art Show
2023
2022
Finalist – Lethbridge landscape Prize
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
2024
Christmas at Riparian, Lethbridge Gallery
Brisbane Rotary Art Show
Kennedy Art Show, Adelaide
2023
How My Garden Grows II, solo show, Lethbridge Gallery
Botanica Materia Medica, Sydney
Brisbane Rotary Art Show
2022
How My Garden Grows , solo show, Lethbridge Gallery
Glow, Lethbridge Gallery
Lethbridge Landscape Prize, Lethbridge Gallery
2020
Brisbane Portrait Prize
First Bloom, solo exhibition, Traffic Jam Galleries, Sydney
Harmony, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery
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