Janet Matthews

This article is about Australian artist Janet Matthews. For the Australian musician and recorder of Aboriginal culture, see Janet Mathews.

Janet Matthews
Dip and Grad Dip Vis Arts, WASF, AGRAF
OccupationArtist
Awards
  • Wildlife Artist of the Year (Australia): 2011, 2013, 2017
  • Focus on Nature Jury Award: 2014
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Janet Matthews is an Australian artist, known for her works in pencil and crayon, depicting Australia's wildlife. She has been the Wildlife Art Society of Australia's "Wildlife Artist of the Year" on three occasions, in 2011, 2013, and 2017.[1]

In April 2014, she won a Focus on Nature Jury Award at the New York State Museum.[2]

She created artwork for Australia Post, for their Australian Antarctic Territories series postage stamps (two×50c and two×$1.00), depicting fishes of the Australian Antarctic Territory, released on 1 August 2006,[3] and of insects, for gutter decoration for 28 July 2009 "Micro Monsters" series.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Awards". Wildlife Art Society of Australia. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  2. ^ Moorhead, Lachlan (19 June 2014). "Apple of her art's eye". Berwick Star News. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Stamp Bulletin Australia" (PDF) (284). July–September 2006: 6. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ "Stamp Bulletin Australia" (PDF) (299). July–August 2009: 13. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)