Message from the St Hilda’s Foundation Chair
Dear St Hilda’s School community,
It is with great excitement that I welcome you to this year’s Festival of the Arts, proudly presented by the St Hilda’s Foundation.
This annual celebration continues to shine a spotlight on the remarkable creativity and talent within our artistic community. More than just an exhibition, the Festival is a vibrant gathering that connects us through our shared love of the Arts—a place where imagination and expression come to life.
Each year, we are inspired by the incredible works of artists from across our region, and 2025 is no exception. Their passion reminds us of the importance of nurturing creative voices and providing platforms for them to flourish.
As Chair of the Foundation, I am deeply grateful to our generous sponsors, tireless volunteers, and enthusiastic attendees. Your support is what brings this event to life and helps build a stronger, more connected arts community.
I invite you to take the time to explore the Festival, engage with the artists, and celebrate the stories behind each piece. Your presence and encouragement mean the world to those who create and contribute to this experience.
Thank you for joining us and for being a part of this vibrant celebration. Together, let’s make this year’s Festival of the Arts an unforgettable success.
Mr Luke Henderson Chair, St Hilda’s Foundation
Message from the Principal
Dear Members of our St Hilda’s School and wider Gold Coast community,
Thank you for joining us to celebrate our 2025 Festival of the Arts, proudly presented by the St Hilda’s Foundation.
What a joy it is to walk through our Festival of the Arts gallery and be immersed in the talents of local creatives, including our own St Hilda’s girls. Around each corner, there is new inspiration to be found in the mastery and beauty of the exceptional works on display.
The Arts are an intrinsic part of a St Hilda’s School education, providing students with avenues to not only explore their creativity, but to learn more about themselves and the world around them. Art evokes in each of us a connection through shared expression and is a thread that helps us to explore the beauty of our thoughts, feelings and emotions. I am in awe of the talent on display.
I extend my sincere gratitude and appreciation to our St Hilda’s Foundation, our Sponsors and to all who have made this remarkable showcase possible.
Mrs Virginia Warner Principal
Festival of the Arts
The Festival of the Arts (FOTA) celebrates creativity while supporting students and community initiatives through the St Hilda’s Foundation. Showcasing student talent alongside renowned artists, it fosters artistic appreciation and strengthens community engagement.
Art and the celebration of creativity have always been a prominent feature of a St Hilda’s School education. The aesthetic of our grounds mirrors the expression of our students’ talents and enrich the experience for our learners and our wider community as we take time to study, appreciate, and inspire through the sharing of artistic talents.
THE FESTIVAL ORIGINS
Originally established in the early 1990s, the Festival of the Arts at St Hilda’s School was proudly revived in 2023 through the support of the St Hilda’s Foundation. The Festival of the Arts, celebrates creativity while supporting the impact and meaningful work of the St Hilda’s Foundation.
Held in our stunning new Granowski Auditorium, Festival of the Arts offers a vibrant platform for both emerging and established artists, to showcase their work and join a diverse collection including ceramics, student art, photography, sculpture, drawing and handmade jewellery.
Participating artists contribute directly to the St Hilda’s Foundation Scholarship Program—helping to create life-changing opportunities for young women, their families and the wider community.
Please note, all artwork listed are measured in centimetres.
* Indicates St Hilda’s School student art.
Thank you to our Sponsors
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support and unwavering commitment to the St Hilda’s Foundation, Festival of the Arts.
Your contributions play a crucial role in our success, providing the resources and opportunities to continue our the Foundation Scholarship Program. Your support makes a significant difference, and we deeply appreciate your partnership and dedication to our community.
Thank you for being an integral part of our journey.
The Lantern Festival
Watercolour 55x40 Not For Sale
Watercolour 28x38 $520
Watercolour 38x28
ALLA ART Sunrise
Watercolour 38x28 $490
ALLA ART Red Tulips
Watercolour 21x29 $390
ALLA ART Peony Watercolour 28x38 $480
ANNA BEVERIDGE From the Source Pastel 60x48 $450
ABBIE TANG
ALLA ART
Beach Fun
ALLA ART Sailing Ship
$490
ALLA ART Tulips
Watercolour 28x38 $490
ANNA BEVERIDGE Life’s a Beach Pastel 46x56 $350
ANNA BEVERIDGE
Sunset Reflections
Soft Pastel
72x66
$495
BETH KENNEDY
Tea Rose #1
Acrylics, Ink & Gouache on Canvas 50x50
$990
BOB MURPHY Dormant Cormorant
Acrylic 74x62
$750
BETH KENNEDY
Tea Rose #2
Acrylics, Ink & Gouache on Canvas 50x50
$990
BOB MURPHY Feathers and Flowers
Acrylic 38x38
$325
BOB MURPHY North from Tallebudgera
Acrylic 53x43
$425
$3,300
$3,300
CARLA ADAMS Bush of the Protea Oil on Linen 78x104
CARLA ADAMS Bucket of Banksias
Pencil on Stone Henge 58x78
CARLA ADAMS Salt Haze Banksia Oil on Linen 63x63 $2,300
Broadbeach Surf Tower Oil
50x40 $395
LADLEY Tally Creek Oil
40x80 $495
Out Oil
50x50 $395
60x90 $895
75x100 $895
100x50 $795
DAVID LADLEY
DENISE BALSON St Hilda’s School, Southport Ink and Watercolour Print 57x45 $390
DAVID LADLEY Bursting
DAVID LADLEY Mermaid Beach Afternoon Oil
DAVID LADLEY Razzle Dazzling Oil
DAVID LADLEY Surfwatch Oil
DAVID
DENISE BALSON Red Flowering Gum 1
Acrylic on Canvas 25x25 $160
DENISE BALSON Spring of Desire - Natives Acrylic on Canvas 41x51 $350
ELISE LEO
Can You Repeat That?
Acrylic on Canvas
61x81
$750
ELISE LEO
I Heard It Too
Acrylic on Canvas
51x71
$950
GEMMA HORN
Terra
Earthenware
12-30 (height)
$200
Angel Oil on Canvas
40x60 $350
ELISE LEO
Little Bob
Acrylic on Canvas
51x51
$500
GEMMA HORN
Alpine
Earthenware
25 (height) $90
GEMMA HORN
Salt Line
Earthenware
35 (diameter) $90
Bliss Oil on Canvas
30x40 $240
Sleep Tight Oil on Canvas
30x60 $390
HEATHER BURNS
HEATHER BURNS
HEATHER BURNS
HELENA HORSLEY
Bouncing Baby
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas 76x120 $1,650
IMRE ZSIDÓ
Celebrations of the Grapes
Watercolour & Acrylic 75x60 $1,800
IMRE ZSIDÓ
Fantastic Adventures of Don Quixote Watercolour & Acrylic
$2,200
HELENA HORSLEY
Full Moon Dreaming Acrylic, framed Silver on Canvas
HELENA HORSLEY
The Gala
Mixed Media Acrylic on Canvas 90x120
$1,650
IMRE ZSIDÓ
IMRE ZSIDÓ
Island of the Death Ink 69x45 $4,000
IMRE ZSIDÓ
St George Fighting the Dragon Ink 65x45
$5600
JACQUELINE OCKWELL
MIZU #1
Solar Plate Eching with Chine Colle on Paper 28x35 $270
Acrylic on Canvas 60x75 $300
JACQUELINE OCKWELL MIZU #2
Solar Plate Eching with Chine Colle on Paper 28x35 $270
JACQUELINE OCKWELL MIZU #3
Solar Plate Eching with Chine Colle on Paper 28x35 $270
Acrylic on Canvas 40x50 $200
JENNIFER LESLIE Ebor Falls
JENNIFER LESLIE Pretty in Pink
Acrylic on Canvas 70x50 $450
JENNIFER SUHR Embody Her Power Monoprint 12x17 $150
JENNIFER SUHR Still She Rises Monoprint 20x25 $250
JENNIFER LESLIE Little Georgia
JENNIFER SUHR When You Wish Monoprint 28x35 $375
SUHR Power Lives Within Monoprint 28x35 $375
JOHN PEARSON I’m Thinking of the Days Oil
60x45 $1,500
JESSICA LE CLERC Royal Blue Printed using archival inks on Ilford Galerie Prestige Textured 100% Cotton Rag
60x84 $850
JOHN PEARSON After Sorolla - Fisherboy Oil
40x30 $850
JOHN PEARSON Sunday Outing Oil
40x30 $850
JOHN PEARSON A Cozy Spot Oil
60x45 $1,500
JOHN PEARSON Summer Memories Oil
60x45 $1,500
JOHN PEARSON Just Curious Oil
40x30 $850
PEARSON Sunday Spin Oil
60x45 $1,500
JOHN
JENNIFER
JOHN PEARSON Teenagers Oil
40x30 $850
JOHN PEARSON Where Has He Gone Oil
40x30
$850
JOSH DYKGRAAF Barlajan
Photographic manipulation of drone photography shot over the Mitchell and McAlister Rivers in East Gippsland, Victoria 76x98
$1,250
Eagle Hawk’s Nest Oil on Canvas 64x54
$580
JOHN PEARSON The Golden Hour Oil
40x30 $850
JOSH DYKGRAAF Bin Chicken
Photographic manipulation of rubbish found on the streets of Melbourne
80x110
$1,350
MCVARNOCK Sam, Tilly and me, The Spit, Southport Oil on Canvas 61x76
$480
JOSH DYKGRAAF Digger
Photographic manipulation of wattle and banksia flowers and leaves found in Wilson’s Prom National Park, Victoria 80x110
$1,350
Succulents Oil on Canvas 61x76
$440
JULIE MCVARNOCK
JULIE
JULIE MCVARNOCK
JULIE MIDDLETON
Nature’s Aesthete
Contemporary Fresco 52x62
$1050
JULIE MIDDLETON
Summer Splash
Contemporary Fresco 33x33
$690
Acrylic 45x65
$450
JULIE MIDDLETON
Yesterday’s Delight
Contemporary Fresco 52x62
$1,050
Journey of the Geisha
Acrylic & Polychromo Pencil 74x54
$550
Bluebell Fields Oil on Canvas 53x53
$1,190
Eye
Polychromo Pencil 57x47
$450
QUINN From the Heart Oil on Canvas 28x28
$490
$1,190
JULIE TAYLOR Glamour
JULIE TAYLOR Keeping an Eagle
KATE QUINN
KATE
KATE QUINN Summer In Bloom Oil on Canvas 53x53
JULIE TAYLOR
KATE QUINN
Tweed Hinterland Oil on Canvas 103x79
$2,990
KATE QUINN
Love Wreath Oil on Canvas
33x43
$690
KATHLEEN RHEE
Coastal Paradise
Acrylic on Canvas 92x92 $1,800
KATHLEEN RHEE
Aqua Waters
Acrylic on Canvas 92x92
$1,800
KATHLEEN RHEE
Summer Days
Acrylic on Canvas 53x53 $550
KATE QUINN
South Gorge, Minjerribah Oil on Canvas 63x93 $1,890
KATHLEEN RHEE
White Wash
Acrylic on Canvas 92x92
$1,800
KATHLEEN RHEE
Rocky Shoreline
Acrylic on Canvas 53x53 $550
KELLIE NORTH Undercurrent Photography 35x35 $250
KELLIE NORTH Blue River
Photography
35x35
$250
NORTH Imagination Dreaming
Photography
35x35 $250
KELLIE NORTH Wings of Becoming
Photography
35x35
$250
KELLIE NORTH Fire Heart
Photography
35x35
$250
NORTH Dreamchaser 1
Photography
83x73
$1,625
ROLLE A Woman’s Work is Never Done #2
Acrylic on Canvas
32x42
$950
KYM ROLLE Delicious
Watercolour Giclée Print
30x42
$160
Acrylic on
$1,200
Acrylic
$330
KELLIE
LEISA CLARK Sweet Pause
on Canvas 32x32
LEISA CLARK Ice Cream Fields
Canvas 94x64
KYM
KELLIE
LEISA CLARK
Golden Hour Graze
Acrylic on Canvas
32x32
$330
LEISA CLARK Breath Returned
Acrylic on Canvas
32x32
$330
LESLEY WARREN Colourful Countryside
Acrylic 76x52
$450
LEISA CLARK Coloured Breath
Acrylic on Canvas 94x64
$1,200
LESLEY WARREN Seaside Splendour
Acrylic 91x76
$695
LESLEY WARREN Shadowy Cliffs
Acrylic 91x61
$695
$760
$800
LIANA BRENNAN Girl Cheetah Kilimanjaro Oil on Canvas 80x80
LIANA BRENNAN Take Down Oil on Canvas 76x76
LIANA BRENNAN Tasmania St. Claire Lake Oil on Canvas 86x106 $980
Timeless Oil on Canvas, collage and gold leaf
76x61 $710
KING
Still
Mixed Media on Canvas 40x50 $770
UK
LIBBY KING
Quiet Companion
Mixed Media on Board 40x30 $880
LIBBY KING
Sea on Belief
Mixed Media on Board 120x90 $1,880
Beach Oil
38x30 $150
Timeless Colour of Nature
Watercolour 91x73 $3,600
LIBBY
LOUISE SAUNDERS
LOUISE SAUNDERS Botanica-Ferns Watercolour 78x96 $2,800
LIANA BRENNAN
LOUISE MCLEAN Towan
LOUISE MCLEAN Skippy Oil 24x33 $150
LOUISE MCLEAN Cape Cornwall
Watercolour 28x23 $150
LUCY MONIE
Early Evening on the Tablelands
Watercolour 29.7x21 $500
LYN CHURCH
Cattle Country Oil
53x37 $350
LYN CHURCH
Autumn Colours Oil
58x53 $500
LYN CHURCH
Bush Reflections Oil
63x48
$2,000
Grace
Charcoal on Canvas
38x51 $250
Waiting for the Call
51x61 $400
60x74 $450
MADHURI REDDY
Ruby’s Red Scarf Pastel on Canvas 61x51 $450
MARGIT MAJOR
Acrylic 50x70 $450
MARGIT MAJOR
Flapper Girls
Acrylic
MARGIT MAJOR
Spring Acrylic
MADHURI REDDY
MEMPHIS TUCKER
Grandmas Backyard
Acrylic on Canvas 1200x600
$1,200
MEMPHIS TUCKER Way Back Home
Acrylic on Canvas 600x500
$600
MERCEDES SANDERS
The Temple Beneath the Breath of Mountains
Acrylic on Canvas 60x30
$550
Pen, Ink & Watercolour
70x110
$1,500
MERCEDES SANDERS
The Quiet Place Where Animated Souls Go to Rest
Acrylic on Canvas 40x30
$400
Beach
Pen, Ink & Watercolour 70x80
$700
MERCEDES SANDERS
The Cat Who Waited for Spring Coloured Pencil on Paper 32x28
$250
Watercolour 47x37
$400
Watercolour 60x50
$400
MICHAEL MCMAHON Blossoms
MICHAEL MCMAHON Main
MICHAEL MCMAHON Nigerian Girl
MICHAEL MCMAHON Cityscape
Impasto,
NARDIA TONNA Beast in Motion
Acrylic & Oil 60x61 $650
MICHAEL MCMAHON Racing Watercolour 70x80 $600
MICHAEL MCMAHON Green Vase $400
NARDIA TONNA Brumby
Acrylic & Oil 51x76 $650
NARDIA TONNA Hello There!
Acrylic & Oil 76x91 $750
NARDIA TONNA Majestic
Acrylic & Oil 51x76 $650
NATHAN FALK We Are All Connected
Acrylic on Canvas 120x90 $2,950
NATHAN FALK Colours on Country
Acrylic on Canvas 76x90 $1,800
NARDIA TONNA Morning Stroll
Acrylic & Oil 51x61 $520
NATHAN FALK
Ancestors Always Watching Acrylic on Canvas 120x90 $2,950
NERIDA WOOLLEY
Unumgar Farmhouse Oil on Canvas 63x48 $1,350
For Someone Else Oil on canvas 150x120 $3,000
NERIDA WOOLLEY
North Lismore Farmhouse Oil on Board 84x64 $1,950
Aurora Ceramics 23x23x12 $250
NERIDA WOOLLEY
Peel Island Oil on Canvas 122x92 $2,900
Oshun
Ceramics 25x25x7 $250
Powder Days Oil on Canvas 90x70 $1,000
Aerial Oil on Canvas 100x100 $9,000
NICKY BENNETT
OLIVIA ROWNEY
OTTO SCHMIDINGER
OLIVIA ROWNEY
NICKY BENNETT
OTTO SCHMIDINGER
Crypt on Cavil Avenue Oil on Canvas
76x95
$6,500
SAM J LARDNER
Kijiyama Kokeshi Doll & Flying Wild Geese
Acrylic on Canvas
57.5x87.5
$850
OTTO SCHMIDINGER
Twilight Oil
100x100
$7,500
RAYE PARK
Superb Fairywren
Pencil on Acrylic Paper
29.5x41.5 Not For Sale
SAM J LARDNER
Tsuchiyu Kokeshi Doll & Shrikes
Acrylic on Canvas
90.5x120
$950
SAM J LARDNER
Yajiro Kokeshi Doll & Striped Kimono
Acrylic on Canvas 100x100
$950
75x60 $595
40x50
$395
60x75 $495
SANDRA LADLEY Alamandas Oil
SANDRA LADLEY Broadwater Regatta Oil
SANDRA LADLEY Cockatoo Trio Oil
SANDRA LADLEY
Coral Fish Oil
40x30 $395
SANDRA LADLEY Flower Power Oil
50x40 $395
SHARON HINDLE
Blanco Como La Neive
Acrylic on Wood 45x45 $995
SHARON HINDLE
Naranjas y Sol
Acrylic on Canvas 76x76 $1,250
ADOLPHE Feeling Free Mixed Media
76x76
$700
SANDRA LADLEY The Grand Oil
40x50 $395
Watercolour & Mixed Media
30.5x40.5 $250
Acrylic
40.5x51(oval) $400
30.5x40.5 $400
TRACEY
TRACEY ADOLPHE Fluttering Dreams
TRACEY ADOLPHE Kurrawa Sunrise Mixed Media
TRACEY ADOLPHE Chakra Colours
TRACEY ADOLPHE Tropical Orange Oil
30.5x40.5 $400
TRACEY ADOLPHE Through the Pandanus Oil
76x51 $600
TRENT PAUL FIRMIN Halcom Over Goldie 86 Oil on Duck Cotton Canvas
91.5x61 $980
TRENT PAUL FIRMIN Pretty in Pink Paradise Mixed Mediums on Cotton Canvas
93.5x93.5 $2,490
TRENT PAUL FIRMIN Les Jolies Fleurs ‘The Pretty Flowers’ Spray Paint, & French Oil Pastels
84.1x59.4 $1,275
PAUL FIRMIN The Eddy Handcrafted Gold Raku Coil Vessel $795
Depth Mixed Media on Canvas 60x70 $1,200
PAUL FIRMIN Tropicana Oil
33x33 $380
Cat
Mixed Media on Canvas 70x60 $1,200
TRENT
TRENT
ULIANA GARDNER
ULIANA GARDNER Dreaming
ULIANA GARDNER
Echoes of Light
Pastel on Black Velvet Paper
65x50
$1,300
ULIANA GARDNER
Elephant White Charcoal on Black Paper 65x78
$1,200
ULIANA GARDNER
Lion
White Charcoal on Black Paper
65x61
$1,200
ULIANA GARDNER
Jellyfish
Mixed Media on Canvas 50x60
$800
ULIANA GARDNER
Moonlight Whisper
Mixed Media on Canvas 59x83
$1,400
Wings of the Setting Sun
Mixed Media on Canvas
70x50
$1,100
ULIANA GARDNER
Mystic Serenity
Mixed Media on Canvas 90x42
$1,400
Homage to Issey Miyaki
Oil
76x61
$850
Retro Lemon Pot
Acrylic 58x48
$750
ULIANA GARDNER
WENDY MCBRIERTY
WENDY MCBRIERTY
WENDY MCBRIERTY
The Stained Glass Window Oil
76x61
$850
WENDY RIX
Ram-Bo
Acrylic on Canvas 120x90
$3,840
WENDY RIX
Big Mob
Acrylic on Canvas
30x76
$790
WENDY RIX
For our Elders
Acrylic on Canvas 50x40
$750
Winter of Flame
Watercolour
42x30
Not For Sale
Introducing 40 for the
While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information presented in this catalogue, errors or omissions may occur. St Hilda’s School and the St Hilda’s Foundation do not guarantee the completeness or correctness of the details provided, including artwork specifications, pricing, availability or artist information. All content is subject to change without notice.
FOUNDATION
As a part of this year’s Festival of the Arts, we are excited to launch 40 for the Foundation - a new St Hilda’s initiative inviting our community to get creative for a cause.
In recent weeks, our students have been encouraged to donate an A5 artwork to be sold anonymously for $40 at the exhibition, with the artist’s identity revealed only after purchase.
Get in quick to secure a beautiful original piece at a bargain price - all proceeds go directly to supporting the work of the St Hilda’s Foundation.
ABBIE TANG
