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north east regional extra | January 19 - 25, 2022

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January 19 - 25, 2022

Sherren’s country roots provide inspiration By BELINDA HARRISON

SHERREN Comensoli’s pursuit of life as a full-time artist took many years to come to fruition as she made her way from a simple, country upbringing in Wangaratta through to design jobs in the bustling suburbs of Melbourne. “My parents had an early influence on my interests when it comes to design and architecture with my dad a retired builder and my mum an interior designer,” Sherren said. Her older siblings excelled academically in the areas of economics and accounting and Sherren originally wanted to follow in their footsteps, however she didn’t enjoy those same subjects. After completing her schooling at St Bernards Primary School and then Galen College in Wangaratta, where she received straight As in art, graphics and sport, Sherren attended RMIT School of Design to study Visual Merchandising and Retail Design. For 15 years, Sherren worked as a Visual Merchandiser designing product and window displays for retail companies including David Jones and the Sussan Corporation before joining Sportsco as a

◆ INSPIRED: Sherren with some of her work in her Glen Iris studio.

National Training Manager. Her interest in design and art was always simmering away, but it wasn’t until Sherren’s first child came along that the dull voice inside her head started to get louder, demanding to be heard, acknowledged and acted upon. “I wasn’t doing any sort of art at that stage but then (when I had my first child), I suddenly had time and creative energy that I needed to express - that voice got much louder - and that’s how I got started as an artist. “My creative energy manifested itself into painting and I filled my house’s blank white walls with my paintings. “My friends and family started buying my artwork and then friends of theirs wanted pieces and it just grew from there.” While Sherren has dabbled with watercolour and oils, most of her works are completed using acrylic paints. “It’s more enjoyable to me as it dries very quickly, which is good because when I’m on a roll with a painting I just keep going until all hours of the night,” she laughed.

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