by Angela Reedman-Polinski
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ou MAY KNoW Lara’s work from her commendations, awards and exhibitions throughout south Australia and Queensland. she received the Kernewek Lowender Art Prize in 2013 and was selected for the obi Art Prize in Maleny in February 2017. Maybe you attended her fourth solo exhibition, Mindful of Beauty, at sarah’s unplugged in Maleny earlier this year. Perhaps you voted for her entry, Exiting the Concrete Jungle, in the du Rietz Art Prize in August in Gympie. “Art is a broad field to define your style within and i love to paint. i have enjoyed 14 years of diversifying and
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The Sunshine Coast Hinterland is renowned for nurturing, supporting and embracing creative talent in a community which enables artists to shine. HT’s Angela Reedman-Polinski met with local Maleny painter, Lara Cooper, as she launched her fifth solo exhibition at the Spring Harvest Festival in Palmwoods. This dynamic painter, illustrator and artistic storyteller shares her enigmatic zest for life and love of community. Lara Cooper in her garden
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exploring mediums to play with through oils and acrylics.” she received her artistic from renowned training Yackandandah watercolourist Charles sluga, attending his painting courses and receiving extensive critiquing, tutoring, and mentoring from him. “i learned that watercolour painting sits between painting intuitively and experimenting with the intrinsic nature of the pigments of the paint chemistry. it is completely engaging. “Watercolour is far less forgiving than oil paints. For example, since it is transparent, you have to plan ahead carefully - you cannot simply remove a mistake by painting over it. "My goal is to put a pause into those beautiful moments, i am creating opportunities to stop, reflect, consider and
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contemplate. We don’t enjoy enough of those moments.” Born in Albury, Lara dreamed as a child of saving money for a pony and land to grow her food. she now has both in her Maleny home and a comfortable space to paint in every season. settled with her family amongst goats, a miniature horse and chickens, the family grow an abundant garden full of fresh fruit, herbs and vegetables. “i love the satisfaction of growing our own fresh food and enjoying the time out just to relax. in our garden, i can completely lose myself without expectations. “My husband and i married in 1998 and later moved from Wodonga out to Bourke, where we had our first baby. A few years on, we moved our family back to Yackandandah, bought an eight-acre property and had two more children. “in 2008, our family was offered a unique opportunity to build and renovate a college in Chiang dao, Northern thailand.” taking that leap with a young family and a mammoth task ahead, they endured plenty of ‘what we have done’ moments. “it was confronting when we arrived, the renovation project turned out to be an One of Lara’s book illustrations
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