Fine Arts Collection- Alumnae Artists

Fine Arts Collection

Alumnae Artists

Wendy Allen (Pope) (1939- ) Alumna 1957

Title: A Parable of Pomegranates Medium: oil on canvas Date: 2002 Dimensions: 91.5 x 91.5 cm Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Donated by the artist, 2018

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Title: Stages of the Individual Medium: plaster on board, acrylics, and varnish Date: 1969 Dimensions: 218 x 130 cm Collection category: ceramics, alumnae artist

After graduating from Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Wendy Allen won an Art Scholarship to Brisbane Central Technical College, studying under tutors such as William Robinson, Melville Haysom, and Carl McConnell. She has been a teacher for a substantial part of her career, both at the tertiary and secondary level, including at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, and has travelled and lectured overseas in her capacity as an artist and teacher.

Wendy has also published textbooks on art for use in primary, secondary, and university classes.

‘ The majority of my paintings evolve in layers so that the content can be approached from a contemplation of several perspectives such as the archetypal principles at work in Nature, references from any aspect of human endeavour such as mythologies, philosophies, religions, and politics and from my own personal experience. The viewer can delve as deeply as he or she wishes, ’ Wendy said.

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Jennifer Andrews (1956 - ) Alumna 1973

Title: Striving Medium: stained glass and lead; design by Jennifer Andrews; artist Warwick Blair Date: 1997 Dimensions: 1260mm X 1020mm. Collection category: stained glass, alumnae artist Brisbane Girls Grammar School alumnae, Jennifer Andrews, taught in the School’s Visual Art Department for many years. Her work on designing the stained-glass windows in the School is testament to her creative processes in marrying a traditional art form with contemporary ideas. Jennifer’s practice not only includes large stained-glass window designs but also designs for textile works, illustration, and works for print and web. Her practice has been extensive, but her main focus is drawing. In 2021, Jennifer was awarded a Doctorate of Visual Art at QCA, Griffith University, where she explored conventional understandings of representation and ways of integrating traditional and digital image making.

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Title: Metamorphosis Medium: stained glass and lead; design by Jennifer Andrews; artist Warwick Blair Date: 1999 Dimensions: 2240mm X 960mm. Collection category: stained glass, alumnae artist

Title: Old Girls Association Commemorative Window Medium: stained glass and lead; design by Jennifer Andrews; artist Warwick Blair Date: 1999

Dimensions: Semicircle 1500mm L x 750mm H Collection category: stained glass, alumnae artist

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Ruth Benson (1934 - ) Alumna 1951

Title: Impressions of Contrast Medium: Mural Ceramic Date: 1989 Dimensions: 218 x 130 cm Collection category: ceramics, alumnae artist Artist in Residence 1989 through the AIR program funded by Catherine and Margaret Mittleheuser

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Claire Brownsworth (1977 - ) Alumna 1994

Title: Bullocky Hill (Triptych) Medium: oil on canvas, unsigned Date: 1994 Dimensions: two panels each — 78 x 60 cm, one panel — 167 x 127 cm Collection category: painting Donated by Claire Brownsworth, 1994

Claire is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, graduating in 1994.

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Rebecca Brown (1977 - ) Alumna 1994

Title: The Swimmer Medium: Bronze Date: 1994 Dimensions: 150 x 45 x 45 cm Collection category: Bronze, alumnae artist Donated by Rebecca Brown and Year 12 students, 1994

Rebecca is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School. This sculpture was submitted as her final Year 12 Art assignment.

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Beverley Budgen (1937 - ) Alumna 1952

Title: Composition in Red Medium: oil on canvas Date: 2002 Dimensions: 91.5 x 91.5 cm Collection category: painting, alumnae artist

Selected from the artist ’ s personal collection by Principal, Dr Amanda Bell, and donated to the School by the artist in 2014.

Beverley Budgen is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School (1952-1953). Beverley comments on her Art classes at School:

‘ At Brisbane Girls Grammar School the Art classes brought immense joy, and it was here that my first connection with art history was made. This introduction sparked a lifelong quest for knowledge of what artists had created in the past ,’ she said. At 17 years old, Beverley won the Sunday Mail Open Art prize. As a female, she was encouraged to study commercial art rather than painting; however, encounters with Margaret Olley and Betty and Roy Churcher ensured that her talent as a painter was allowed to develop.

Beverley has travelled extensively and draws on these experiences, as well as her love of home, to work across a number of genres, including interiors and still life.

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Elisabeth Cummings AOM (1934 - ) Alumna 1952

Title: Still Life with Black Olives Medium: oil on canvas Date: 2011 Dimensions: 50 x 65 cm Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Gifted to the School by the artist in 2018

Elizabeth Cummings also works in Monotypes and Etching.

Western Country and New Moon at the Warburton River are two of her etchings that she also gifted to the School.

Title: Western Country Medium: Etching. Edition of 25 printed by Cicada Press Date: 2009 Dimensions: 33 x 49.5 cm (image) 50 x 65.5 cm (sheet) Collection category: printmaking, alumnae artist Gifted to the School by the artist, 2018

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Title: New Moon at the Warburton River Medium: Etching. Edition of 25 printed by Cicada Press Date: 2008 Dimensions: 33 x 49.5 cm (image) 50 x 65.5 cm (sheet) Collection category: printmaking, alumnae artist Gifted to the School by the artist, 2018

Born in Brisbane in 1934, Elisabeth Cummings is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School (1949 1952). She is a prominent and much sought-after Australian artist with an Order of Australia award for her contribution to the art industry through her creations and mentoring of emerging artists. As one of Australia’s most respected artists, her works are held in all major Australian public collections. Elisabeth Cummings was influenced by a number of artists, French and American, as well as Australian artists such as Margaret Olley and Donald Friend. In 1958, she left for Europe where she spent time in Italy, France, and England. She lives and works in Wedderburn, NSW, an artists’ colony she helped establish in the early 1970s. In April 2018, Elisabeth responded to correspondence from Lorraine Thornquist, Manager, Arts Collections, at Brisbane Girls Grammar School and she generously gifted three works to the School. Her oil on canvas, Still Life with Black Olives is representative of her energetic style and the vitality and colour she brings to her work. The School was also privileged to have received two prints of her etchings, New Moon on the Warburton River and Western Country .

The School is honoured to feature the work of Elisabeth Cummings in our collection.

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Dr Susan Bythe (Bowler) (1953 - )

Alumna 1970

Title: Grammar Girl Medium: oil on canvas Date: 1996 Dimensions: 1.3 x 1.7 m Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Gifted to the School by the artist in 1996

S ue Bythe is both a medical doctor and a practising artist.

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Kylie Elkington (1966 - ) Alumna 1983

Title: Faultline Date: 2009 Medium: oil on ply

Dimensions: 61 cm x 90 cm Collection category: painting Gifted to the School by the artist

Title: Rocks, Shoalhaven River Date: 2011 Medium: oil on linen Dimensions: 90 x 90 cm Collection category: painting Gifted to the School by the artist

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Title: Fir Date: 2013 Medium: oil on linen Dimensions: 125 x 125 cm Collection category: painting Gifted to the School by the artist

Title: Billilla Gardens Date: 2011 Medium: oil on linen Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm

Collection category: painting Gifted to the School by the artist

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Title: Morning Walk Date: 2011 Medium: oil on linen Dimensions: 102 x 102 cm Collection category: painting Gifted to the School by the artist

Kylie Elkington was born in Sydney and currently lives and works in Tasmania. In 2005, she graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art with First Class Honours from the Queensland College of Art, Griffith University.

During her studies, Kylie was awarded the Phillip Bacon Commendation and went on to receive an Australia Council for the Arts New Work Grant in 2007.

In 2011 she undertook a six-month residency with the Bayside City Council at Billilla Historic Mansion in Brighton, Victoria, and was granted a Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence in 2012.

Most recently, Kylie has been a finalist in the Glover Prize 2018 and 2019, the Hutchins Art Prize 2018, Hadley's Art Prize 2019, and the Women's Art Prize Tasmania in 2021.

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Ella Fry (Robinson) CBE (1916 – 1997) Alumna 1933

Title: Woman in Black (Unsigned) Date: 1940 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 56.5 x 43 cm Collection category: painting

Title: Girl Reading Date: 1938

Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: painting Signed 'Ella O Robinson’ Donated by Mrs J Ashton, former Boarding Mistress, 1984

Ella Fry was an artist, musician, and chairperson of the Western Australian Art Gallery, in Perth, Western Australia from 1976 to 1986. In 1982, she was awarded a CBE for services to the arts.

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Valda Gillies (1902 – 2022) Alumna 1920

Title: Cottage among eucalypts Date: 1970 Medium: watercolour Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: painting Gifted to the School by the artist, 1970

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Nola Gopurenko (Morris) (1934 - ) Alumna 1952

Title: Hardway Mine, near Mt Isa Date: unknown Medium: oil on canvas, applied with palette knife Dimensions: 44 x 59 cm

Collection category: painting Donated by the Class of 1952

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Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (Sorensen) (1935 – 2013) Alumna 1943

Title: Vessels (4) Date: 2011 Medium: wood-fired porcelain Dimensions:

tall cup, H14 cm x W7.5 cm, small cup, H10.5 cm x W8 cm, bottle H27 x W7 cm, bowl H7 cm x W13 cm

Collection category: ceramics Gift of the artist

Gwyn Hanssen Pigott was one of Australia's most distinguished potters whose career extended over more than five decades in Australia, England, and France. She worked and exhibited extensively and established an international reputation for her works from her base in Queensland.

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Joyce Hyam (Anderson) (1923 – 2019) Alumna 1940

Title: Eon Icon Date: 1980

Medium: viscosity etching Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam.

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Title: Fawn Fire Date: 1980

Medium: viscosity etching Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

Title: Illumination Date: 1979

Medium: viscosity etching Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

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Title: Julie’s Garden Date: 1980

Medium: viscosity etching Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

Title: Raindrops Date: c1979

Medium: viscosity etching Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

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Title: Deep Secrets Date: c1979 Medium: watercolour Dimensions: 49 x 63 cm Collection category: painting Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam Title: Shall Crowd into a Shade Date: 1978 Medium: Lithograph Dimensions: 50 x 40 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam Title: Sleeping Nude Date: c1978 Medium: lithograph Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: printmaking Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

Title: Fleeting Moment Date: c1978 Medium: Textile Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: Textile Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

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Title: Western Sky Date: 1990 Medium: textile — hand-dyed and painted cotton, machine stitchery Dimensions: 56 x 42 cm Collection category: textile Donated by Vivienne Harris (alumna 1970), daughter of Joyce Hyam

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Anna Jacobson (1987 - ) Alumna 2005

Title: Picture 7, Fantasy Scapes Series Date: 2005 Medium: photographic print Dimensions: 76 x 82 cm Collection category: photography Donated by Anna Jacobson

Anna Jacobson is an award-winning writer and artist from Brisbane. Her first full-length poetry collection won the 2018 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize.

In 2020, Anna won the Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing and was awarded a Queensland Writers Fell owship. In 2018 she won the Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award.

Her writing has been published in many literary journals and anthologies. In 2022, she entered a self portrait into the Brisbane Portrait Prize.

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Joan (Kerry) Johns (1947 - ) Alumna 1964

Title: Passing Memory, Tibrogargan Date: 2000 Medium: acrylic and sewn paper on canvas Dimensions: 83 x 99 cm Collection category: painting A gift to the School from the Class of 1961 to 1964 to mark their Reunion on the 3 November 2001 Passing Memory, Tibrogargan was part of an exhibition called ‘ Homeground ’ at the Caloundra Regional Gallery in 2000. It is a work about memory and place, the artist’s memories of her hometown, Caloundra, and her response to the place as it was and had become.

Joan now lives and works in Canberra.

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Title: Oval Mirror Date: 2020

Medium: acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 70 cm x 80 cm Collection category: painting Purchased by Brisbane Girls Grammar School for the School Fine Arts Collection 2022 Kerry Johns is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School (1961 to 1964). She grew up in South East Queensland and left Queensland as a young woman. She has lived much of her life in the Blue Mountains and in coastal New South Wales. After graduating as an Art teacher, Kerry studied painting in Sydney at the John Ogburn Studio for two years. She subsequently undertook an extensive study tour of European galleries and museums, including painting sojourns in Paris and the south of France. Since her first solo exhibition in 1979, she has exhibited consistently in numerous solo and group shows in commercial galleries. Kerry is recognised as an established Australian Landscape painter with a long history of finalist prize exhibitions, winning several Australian Art Awards. Her work is held in a number of Australian Public Collections For many years, her subject matter has been landscape and abstraction. The shaping of visual form remains an imperative in her work. ‘ My en-plein-air painting most often draws on familiar landscape imagery, the observation of natural assemblages of trees in the bush or in front of water. ‘ I like a painting to appear at first look, then shift focus as the observer explores the canvas. I enjoy observation as both perception and impression, lately finding pleasure in using greater naturalism, ’ Kerry Johns, 2021.

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Jan Jorgensen (Goeldner) (1942 - ) Alumna 1960

Title: Brisbane Girls Grammar School Date: 2015

Medium: acrylic on canvas Dimensions: 76 x 101 cm Collection category: painting Commissioned by the School for the 140th anniversary, 2015

After her studies at Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Jan Jorgensen studied at the College of Art and began working as an artist for a Brisbane newspaper. She then studied under William Robinson while doing an Associate Diploma of Visual Art at the Kelvin Grove College of Art.

‘ My paintings are about the human and architectural faces of the inner-city suburbs — the unseen, often ignored everyday places of my home town, ’ Jan said.

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Sue Rado (Van Kempen( (1961 - ) Alumna 1978

Title: Gum leaves over Central market Date: 2015 Medium: photography — two photos overlaid Dimensions: 40 x 60 cm Collection category: photography Purchased 2016

Title: Jacarandas on Kiraly Date: 2015 Medium: photography — two photos overlaid Dimensions: 40 x 60 cm Collection category: photography Purchased 2016

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Title: Time for a Walk Date: 2015 Medium: photography — two photos overlaid Dimensions: 40 x 60 cm Collection category: photography Purchased 2016

From the artist ‘ Changing Perspective is a body of work exploring emotional and visual differences in contrasting surroundings that I have lived in. Having returned from Budapest, Hungary, after 15 years to the far north coast of NSW, where I lived as a teenager, I found the natural beauty and tranquillity provided inspiration to contemplate my changed visual influences. In part, this is a personal journey. It is also representative of our experiences as we travel our world, changing our notions of home. With these images I explore a sense of understanding, belonging and familiarity in my environment — wherever that may be. ’

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Lindy Rae (1961 - ) Alumna 1978

Title: Triptych — Forest Glory, Spring, Morning Sun Date: 2017 Medium: acrylic mounted oil pastel Dimensions: 57 x 30 cm Collection category: oil pastel. Painting Part donation by the artist and funded by the Principal’s Fund

‘ I enjoy simplifying and abstracting scenes from nature's inspirations. My hope is for my works to inspire the viewer to escape into the world of being and sense simplicity, positivity and clarity which hopefully brings some peace, ’ Lindy Rae.

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Kathleen (and Leonar d) Shillam (O’Neill ) OAM (1916 – 2002) Alumna 1931

Title: Cormorant Date: 1993 Medium: bronze casting Dimensions: 100 (high) x 30 (width) x 50 cm (depth) Collection category: statue Donated by Year 12 Students 1993

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Title: Bilby Date: 1993 Medium: bronze casting Dimensions: 29 (long) x 16.5 cm (high) Collection category: bronze statue Donated by the Old Girls Association

Kathleen Shillam was an acclaimed Brisbane-based sculptor. In 1976, Kathleen and her husband, Leonard, were awarded life membership of the Society of Sculptors, Queensland.

A decade later both Kathleen and Leonard were appointed Members of the Order of Australia.

In December 2000, they were awarded Honorary Doctorates of Philosophy for services to the arts, notably sculpture, from The University of Queensland.

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Linden Searle (1959 - ) Alumna 1976

Title: Brisbane Girls Grammar School, Main Building Date: 1989 Medium: watercolour

Dimensions: 106 x 790 mm Collection category: painting Gift of the artist

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Jackie Smith (1978 - ) Alumna 1995

Title: Stage 94 ( Brisbane Girls Grammar School) Date: 1994 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 160 x 120 cm on two panels Collection category: painting Donated by the artist

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Robyn Stacey (1952 - )

Alumna 1969

Title: 9 pm Elizabeth Bay House From the ‘ Beau Monde ’ series Date: 2008 Medium: C type photograph Dimensions: 100 x 158 cm Collection category: photography Gift of the artist 2009

Title: Coral From the ‘ Beau Monde ’ series Date: 2008 Medium: C type photograph Artist's Proof — Edition of 5 by Robyn Stacey Dimensions: 94 x 175 cm Collection category: photography Gift of the OGA 2008

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Title: Leidenmaster From the ‘Collector's Nature’ Date: 2003 Medium: C type photograph Artist's Proof — Edition of 5 by Robyn Stacey Dimensions: 94 x 175 cm Collection category: photography Gift of the OGA 2008

Robyn Stacey is one of Australia's most acclaimed photographers and she has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally since the mid-1980s.

Robyn is an Adjunct Fellow at Western Sydney University, was a member of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council from 2006 to 2008 and her work is studied as part of the curriculum in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, and Western Australia.

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Julie Stephenson (Molyneux) (1962 - )

Alumna 1979

Title: ‘ Photograph 5 ’ Number 2/3. From 'Nature of Infinity Exhibition' Date: 2006 Medium: photograph Dimensions: 121 x 86 cm Collection category: photograph Gift of the OGA, 2008

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Nan Stone (Dingle)(Buchanan) (1940 - ) Alumna 1957

Title: Antipodeans Medium: Acrylic and Pastel Date: 2000 Dimensions: Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Donated by the artist in 2019

Title: The Source Medium: oil on canvas Date: unknown Dimensions: To come? Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Donated by the artist in 2019

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Title: Floor vase Medium: stoneware Date: Unknown Dimensions: Collection category: ceramics, alumnae artist Donated by the artist in 2019

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Olga Thorpe (Mueller) (1915 – 1996) Alumna 1931

Title: Wattle Medium: watercolour Date: Unknown Dimensions: Collection category: painting, alumnae artist

Title: Orchids Medium: watercolour Date: Unknown Dimensions: Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Gift of the artist’s son, Tony Thorpe, September 2018 .

Olga was awarded a Scholarship to BGGS and began her studies in L (lower) 111B in 1929.

In 1931 she was a music student of Miss Valda Jefferies at her studio in Room 26, Albert House.

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Valerie Waring (1933 - ) Alumna 1951

Title: Fall begins at Hill End Medium: watercolour Date: Dimensions: Collection category: painting, alumnae artist Donated by the artist

Title: Two Naked Girls reading Medium: Conta drawing Date: 1988 Dimensions: 70 x 52 cm Collection category: sketch , alumnae artist Purchased at the 1996 BGGS Art Show

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Valerie Waring (Smeed) is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School, 1948 to 1949.

She began her training working as a museum artist at Queensland Museum with attendance at Brisbane Technical College Classes and later workshops run by the late Melville Haysom, John Rigby, the late Len and Kathleen Shillam and, more recently, Robert Wade and Greg Allen. Valerie has won numerous local awards and she has exhibited with the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour at the Mall Galleries in London, the Queensland Art Gallery in the L.J. Harvey Drawing Prize and the Andrew & Lilian Petersen Memorial Prize.

She has had a number of solo exhibitions and in 1988 she designed and painted the murals for the Univations Pavilion at Expo 88.

She is represented in private collections in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada, and Japan.

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Carol Watkins (1950 - ) Alumna 1967

Title: Untitled Medium: saggar fired ceramic vase with silver leaf Date: 2020 Dimensions: Collection category: ceramics, alumnae artist Purchased 2020

Carol Watkins is founder of Hinterland Ceramics and she took up pottery in 2003 towards the end of a busy career in Human Resource Management. This included running her own agency in Brisbane.

Alternative firing methods such as raku, smoke and saggar are among her favourite mediums and processes. The origin of raku can be traced back to sixteenth century Japan and involves firing the glaze at a low temperature, removing pieces from the kiln while still glowing hot and introducing them into a reduction chamber containing combustible materials. The result can be unpredictable, leading to a certain serendipity, also present in Saggar and part of the fascination for the artist. No two pots will ever be exactly the same.

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Geraldine Wheeler (1943 - ) Alumna 1960

Title: Mother and Child with Australian Native Flowers 1 Medium: gouache stencil painting on black Stonehenge paper Date: 19 Dimensions: 70 x 52 cm

Collection category: alumnae artist Purchased in 2017 from the artist

Dr Geraldine Wheeler is an alumna of Brisbane Girls Grammar School. As a minister of religion and theology , Dr Wheeler’s work speaks of narratives from the Christian tradition. Her interest has long been the intersection between art and religion and she is the founder of the group Visionaries, a network of visual artists from the Uniting Church and other Christian Churches in South East Queensland, Australia. This gouache stencil painting was created for an exhibition by the artists of Visionaries at the Australian Catholic University and Mueller College, Rothwell, in 2010. The preparation for the exhibition began with Dr Lindsay Farrell leading the group of artists to view the art with Christian religious themes in the Queensland Art Gallery, with the aim that these works, dating from early Renaissance times to the present, would provide inspiration for the exhibition as a contemporary response to these works. ‘ Because my gouache stencil paintings are done on black paper, I was inspired by a 17th-century Dutch painting, Madonna and Child Surrounded by Roses, by Jan van Kessell the Elder (for the flowers) and by the Circle of Simon de Vos (for the Madonna and Child image). This painting has a black background. With my works based on biblical themes, I aim to translate them into Australian settings, hence the use of Australian native flowers to surround the Mother and Child figures, which I dared to paint as Indigenous Australians, ’ Dr Geraldine Wheeler.

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Kay Breedon Williams (Carter) (1939 - ) Alumna 1957

Title: Bird on a eucalypts branch Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

Title: Butterflies and Caterpillars Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

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Title: Bird on a Native Fruit Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

Title: Wallabies under rock overhang Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

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Title: Superb Blue Wrens Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

Title: Scarlet Honeyeaters Medium: limited edition print Date :1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

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Title: Turquoise Parrot Medium: limited edition print Date :1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

Title: Eastern Yellow Robins Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991

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Title: Spotted Pardalotes Medium: limited edition print Date : 1984 Dimensions: 77 x 57 cm Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by former Principal, Mrs Judith Hancock, in 1991.

Kay Breedon Williams attended Brisbane Girls Grammar School as a boarder. She is an illustrator and painter of wildlife. She is also a writer and film maker.

After graduating from BGGS, Kay worked at the Queensland Museum for six and a half years before travelling throughout Australia to collect information, photographs and drawings of Australian native flora and fauna. Between 1966 and 1973, she published seven books on Australian wildlife and between 1978 and 1980 she designed 20 bird stamps for Australia Post. She also designed flora, fauna, and gemstone images for the Premier’s Department in Queensland.

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Mary Williams (1957 - ) Alumna 1973

Title: Main Building 1981 Medium: Silkscreen print; Numbered print: 4/40 Date : 1981 Dimensions: 49 x 60 cm

Collection category: alumnae artist Donated by the artist Mary Williams

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