Patron of this award is Robert Wade

Selected Paintings from the Exhibition
Art Excellence Medallion Exhibition

Di King AGRAF who won The Aust Guild of Realist Artists’ highest recognition in 2008 proves Realist art is alive, well and relevant in 2009. Di is an artist who looks for aspects of daily life and life in the bush and waits for the light that will show more than just a landscape or a reflective quiet moment in the life of her models. She captures a part of the essential mood and soul of the moment.

Variety is the spice of life, so they say. To me, painting is exactly the same. I not only love to paint, but I love painting all kinds of subjects. I love painting the bush with our wonderful old gum trees and rivers, with blue misty hills and dusty old tracks with an occasional horseman and maybe some cattle. Our wonderful coastlines with magnificent reflections in the wet sand or rugged rocks and fishermen. Or maybe an occasional cafe’ scene or portrait. I especially love figurative work, young ladies with drapery. The drapery is as challenging as the nudes themselves. I am passionate about what I do, and hope the challenges never stop.
AGRA Galleries is presenting this series of works as a culmintaion of the year as The major winner from the Awards Exhibition winners. It is truly an exhibition not to miss. Realist art is about our everyday reality and is art that enables us to look with new eyes at what is happening in our daily lives.

Lorraine Lewitzka, from Victor Harbour, South Australia began watercolour painting in 1985 with South Australian teacher, Marjorie Hann. In 1988, she was accepted as a Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts. Throughout the years she has won over 30 major prizes including a three month travel award, enabling her to study with many different international tutors. In Nov. 2008, as a member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists, Lorraine achieved runner-up status with the Terry Collin's Award, in AGRA's major exhibition and was a finalist in the Alice Bale Travel Award, 2008. Lorraine's work can be seen in several Australian Artist magazines, most recently, an extensive portrait and figure article, published in September, 2008, which coincided with Kenilworth Celebrates.
Lorraine, at present, concentrates on traditional and contemporary still life, figurative subjects, and landscapes, oil interiors and commissioned portraits.

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