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Petra Meikle de Vlas

Petra Meikle de Vlas

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Petra Meikle de Vlas

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Born and raised in country Victoria, I now call Tropical North Queensland home, where I paint every day, creating abstract mixed media works inspired by the waters of the Great Barrier Reef around me. I have evolved into a full time artist, self-taught, and not sure I was influenced by anyone in par...
Born and raised in country Victoria, I now call Tropical North Queensland home, where I paint every day, creating abstract mixed media works inspired by the waters of the Great Barrier Reef around me. I have evolved into a full time artist, self-taught, and not sure I was influenced by anyone in particular, rather everyone as art in every form it comes in moves and inspires the hell out of me to create. I rarely follow conventional art methods and have developed a technique of my own. In addition to paint brushes, I use my hands, air guns, rods, blow torch, and gravity. Typically working in large formats, I “sculpt” my paintings, starting with a board upon which I layer various materials, as my work is very 3 dimensional. It feels like I'm a sculptor more than a painter sometimes. The texture is the reef, rocks or land mass, the water is the liquid paint, the water spray bottle is the force of nature like rain, the hairdryer is the wind, the blowtorch is the sun, the gravity (tilting the board this way and that) is the tide. I love to experiment with different methods and tools so that I am forever learning.
This series of works is a collection of images from my original paintings. They represents the results of mixing media, with chemistry between pigments creating dynamic compositions as they attract and repel, resulting in interesting intricate formations.
My work was selected to be featured on the Australian TV show “The Block”, as well as "House Rules" which has given my work wide exposure in Australia and beyond. I was also recently awarded Art Lovers Australia’s 2020 People’s Choice Prize for my piece “Ashore.”

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“Petra Meikle de Vlas's Artworks”

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Glistening Waters

USD 2,980.00 Year.2023 w150.00 x h102.00 x d3.20 cm

3

Reef Glow

USD 2,980.00 Year.2023 w150.00 x h102.00 x d3.20 cm

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"Reef Break" -Seascape Wall Art -Limited Edition Canvas Prints of 20

USD 2,200.00 Year.2020 w57.00 x h85.00 x d0.10 cm

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Blush and Teal Artwork "Coral Sea Passage"

USD 1,230.00 Year.2021 w44.00 x h36.00 x d0.10 cm

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Ocean Aerial "Down Under" Painting

Sold Out Year.2021 w86.30 x h111.70 x d0.20 cm

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USD $1,230 ~ $2,980

Biography

Education
Self Teaching Artist

Residencies
- Bremer Island - 2121 East Arnhem Land, Australia.
- Ha'apai - 2019 - Foa Island, Kingdom of Tonga.
- Fitzroy Island - 2019 FNQ Australia.
- Nala Nala Game Reserve - 1996 Hluhluwe -KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa.

Events
Winner of the Art Lovers A...
Education
Self Teaching Artist

Residencies
- Bremer Island - 2121 East Arnhem Land, Australia.
- Ha'apai - 2019 - Foa Island, Kingdom of Tonga.
- Fitzroy Island - 2019 FNQ Australia.
- Nala Nala Game Reserve - 1996 Hluhluwe -KwaZulu- Natal, South Africa.

Events
Winner of the Art Lovers Australia People’s Choice Award 2020

Nominated- ART LOVERS PRIZE 2021 - Australia 2021
Nominated- ART LOVERS PRIZE 2019 - Australia 2019

Exhibitions
2021
Home / ALA Gallery - Gold Coast, Australia

2021
Stockroom Exhibition / Art Lovers Australia Gallery - Southport, QLD Australia

2019
Revealed / TBC Gallery Gold Coast - Gold Coast Queensland, Australia

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS-
- Crystalbrook Group, Riley 2019 , Australia

As seen in-
- The Block 2019
- House Rules 2020
- Home Design Mag
- Home Beautiful Mag
- Ocean Mag
- Grand Designs Mag
- The Block Shop Insider Style- Jessie and Mel's Winning Dinning Living Room Reveal 2019
- My Modern Met
- Art People

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