Paintings Art Space 2000 gallery 46 paintings fine art

Waiting for Mum

Sandra Temple

Sandra is self taught and has been a professional artist and illustrator for more than 25 years. During this time she has had a cartoon strip running for 8 years, designed numerous corporate logos, worked with the RSPCA, the Qld Police Force and quite a few City Councils as a cartoonist and illustrator. She has taught realistic drawing at numerous primary schools with a focus on conservational education, designed and made theatre costumes and sets as well as taught stage make-up, she has designed and made unique jewellery, illustrated 8 childrens books and written and illustrated 2 more. Sandra worked as a vet nurse for 5 years and trained racehorses for 2 years. She still enjoys horse riding but finds her time limited.

In 1998 she started to organise art exhibitions for art groups and the Inaugural International Wildlife Exhibition in 1999, which took 2 years to organise, was a major challenge with 20 overseas artists exhibiting beside Australian ones. After previously holding the positions of Treasurer, Secretary, Editor and three years as President of the Qld Wildlife Artists Society Inc, Sandra is at present taking it easy in the role of International coordinator and editor.

Concentrating her energy now on painting the worlds flora and fauna (with a particular interest in endangered species), Sandra works in all mediums and is especially keen on mixed medium paintings. She is an art judge, an art teacher working with adults and children, a popular workshop tutor and is a product demonstrator for Faber-Castell.

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Peony

Mina Y. Hsing

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Mina Hsing was born in Shanghai, China. She studied classical Chinese brush painting during her
childhood. After Mina came to America, she studied Art at the University of California and later
graduated from Mundelein College in Chicago, in 1967. She taught Chinese brush painting and
exhibited her work throughout New York, North Carolina and Virginia where she received
numerous awards for her work Mina specializes in paintings which are done on an individual basis to fit specific rooms. She is expert in realistic and abstract Western styles of art as well as Chinese brush painting. Whatever her medium (oil, acrylic, water color or metallic oil) or her style, Mina's vibrant use of color and elegant design are always evident.

Mina lived in North Carolina for 22 years and during that time was a prolific painter as well as a
successful gallery owner. She has recently moved to the Chicago area and is creating her own
personal expressions as well as accepting commercial and personal custom projects Mina is an accomplished framer and sees the frame as the final step of the creative process.

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