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Annee is an award-winning artist and a Fellow of both the Victorian Artists Society and the Guild of Realist Artists. Annee was invited recently by an international Art Society, Mondial Art Academia, based in France, to join as a member selected by a Panel of its Jurors, granting her the title of “Chevalier Academicienne” (the closely translation to this would be Master Painter). She is also a member of the Watercolour Society of Victoria and the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, in addition to other art groups and societies. She is an avid En Plein Air painter and has been tutoring for over 30 years, imparting her knowledge and enthusiasm to her classes. Annee has taken part in many Overseas and Australian group exhibitions, in addition to having held 17 Solo exhibitions. Besides French, which is her native language, she is also conversant in Italian and Spanish and has conducted 10 European workshops.
Annee paints in a fluent and confident style, holds a strong sense of composition and sound draftsmanship and will tackle a wide variety of subject matter. Whilst painting in Pastel and Acrylic, her favourite medium remains Watercolour.
DAY 1 Tuesday 3 May 2022
Alice Springs
Workshop members will be met at Alice Springs
airport at 2.00pm and transferred to our centrally
located workshop hotel in Alice Springs, the
capital of the Outback. It nestles in a valley in the
MacDonnell Ranges on the banks of the mostly
dry Todd River. We will have a sightseeing tour on
arrival and then check into our hotel. This evening
there will be an included dinner.
DAY 2 Wednesday 4 May 2022
Alice Springs
Today Annee will lead the group to a picturesque
painting spot in Alice Springs for a full day of
painting. There are many good subjects, the dry
Todd River bed, the nearby desert and the activity
in the town.
DAY 3 Thursday 5 May 2022
Alice Springs
This morning we travel to Simpsons Gap for
another painting session. In the afternoon, we
travel to Standley Chasm for a light lunch. We
then take a walk to where you can see the cuts
through the tough quartzite that have formed a
picturesque natural alleyway. Surging floodwaters
over thousands of years are responsible for this
magnificent site. There will be time to photograph
and sketch.
DAY 4 Friday 6 May 2022
Alice Springs
Our final day of painting in Alice Springs. Annee will
find some great subjects, paint a demonstration
and then assist workshop members individually.
DAY 5 Saturday 7 May 2022
Glen Helen
Today we leave Alice Springs and travel to Glen
Helen. On the way we will visit the ochre pits. The
Ochre Pits is a registered sacred site and offers you
the unique opportunity to view an ochre deposit
that is still used by the local Arrarnta people. Ochre
has been used all over the world for decoration and
painting since pre-historic times. We then travel on
to our workshop hotel in Glen Helen. The landscape
around Glen Helen is spectacular – a towering
sandstone wall is the first thing you see as you
arrive. The area includes views of Mount Sonder,
one of the highest points in Central Australia, which
changes colours with the light. Our accommodation
will be at the motel in Glen Helen in rustic airconditioned
accommodation to give you the true
outback experience. We will enjoy an included
dinner each evening of our stay in Glen Helen.
DAY 6 Sunday 8 May 2022
Glen Helen
A full day of painting in and around Glen Helen
Gorge. At Glen Helen Gorge, the ranges part to
make way for the Finke River. The permanent
Finke River waterhole is an important refuge in
the hot summer months, for all nine species of fish
recorded for the Finke, and migrating waterbirds.
From here, the Finke River continues and makes its
way to the Simpson Desert.
DAY 7 Monday 9 May 2022
Glen Helen
Today we travel to Ormiston Gorge for a full day
of painting. The rugged scenery of the Gorge
will provide some wonderful subjects to paint.
The water and the shelter of the rocks attract an
interesting variety of native fauna and flora. Annee
will paint a demonstration and assist workshop
members individually.
DAY 8 Tuesday 10 May 2022
Glen Helen
A full day of painting the many wonderful sights at
Glen Helen.
DAY 9 Wednesday 11 May 2022
Glen Helen
Today we travel to Ellery Creek Big Hole for a full
day of painting. This spectacular waterhole is fed by
Ellery Creek and surrounded by high red cliffs and
sandy banks. Thousands of years of massive floods
have carved out this waterhole.
DAY 10 Thursday 12 May 2022
Glen Helen
This morning we drive the short distance to the
Mt Sonder look out for a photo stop. This will
be followed by a painting session nearby where
Annee will paint a demonstration and assist
workshop members individually.
DAY 11 Friday 13 May 2022
Kings Canyon
This morning we say farewell to Glen Helen
and travel onto Kings Canyon, where we will be
spending our last two nights. Kings Canyon is
situated within the Watarrka National Park and is a
huge canyon 270m high. Watarrka National Park is
an important conservation area with rock holes and
gorges providing refuge for over 600 species of
plants and many native animals. The sheer red rock
face of Kings Canyon soars over 100 metres above
dense forests of palms, ferns and cycads; sheltering
them from the surrounding desert conditions.
DAY 12 Saturday 14 May 2022
Kings Canyon
Kings Canyon is a fantastic example of Australia’s
rugged outback landscape. The Canyon is an
extraordinary chasm with sandstone walls and
Annee will find some great subjects for your day
of painting in Kings Canyon. There will be a final
critique session late in the afternoon before an
included farewell dinner.
DAY 13 Sunday 15 May 2022
Departure
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stay in Uluru.
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“It was so well organized. We got to see all the best places, but without feeling we were being herded around like cattle, like you do on some tours. There was plenty of time to paint, and the instructor told me more about how to improve my painting style in weeks than I have learned all year back home. I really did get individual attention.”
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