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  • Australian How To Paint

    Serious Addiction

    Feb 12, 2017 5 minutes
    By Lynda Robinson

    I was born in Cambridgeshire, in the United Kingdom. I met my Australian husband when he was on a working holiday in the UK, and he ‘kidnapped’ me and brought me to Australia in the mid ’70s.

    Seymour in Victoria is my home now. I work for Victoria Police as an Administrative Officer part-time; and the other part of my time, I paint!

    I have received no formal art training.

    I am passionate about depicting the Australian bush and the rural way of life. The light in this country is so clear, compared to the soft atmosphere of Europe; and the colours are strong. It really is the Lucky Country and I am very glad I live here.

    I have had a lifelong interest in art. I think the main thing it has given me is the fact that it opened

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