OCEAN TREASURES - PAINTING AND DRAWING

This 2 hour workshop will explore the themes of the ocean. We will observe and study shapes of Ricketts Point Marine Sanctuary fish and sea shells and will incorporate our observations into our seascape painting. Suitable for children from primary to early teens. Bring your favourite sea shells or found objects from the beach.

Brigita Lastauskaite is a Lithuanian-born Australian artist, based in Melbourne since 1998. She holds a Master degree of Fine Art at the Vilnius Art Academy in Lithuania and was a recipient of a scholarship at the International Summer Academy in Salzburg (Austria). She is a finalist at the Hutchings, Fisher’s Ghost, Blacktown & Omnia Art Awards and received the Art Residencies in Finland and Lithuania.

Brigita’s fascination with the underwater world and snorkelling is evident in her art practice. Her unexpected seascapes appear in ever-changing new ways, but organic textural marks that remind us of a hand-woven…