Neil Gude


Artist Name: | Neil Gude |
Main Focus: | Painting |
Usual Style: | Impressionist |
Usual Medium: | Watercolour |
Art Groups: | Bendigo Art Society Victorian Artists Society Watercolour Society of Victoria |
State: | Victoria |
Region: | Bendigo & Central Victoria |
Exhibits Art: | Yes |
Online Sales: | Yes |
Tuition: | Yes |
Commissions: | Yes |
Background
Neil Gude has had a lifelong interest in art and in 2007, in part inspired by the work of his cousin and renowned watercolour artist Nornie Gude, he commenced his own artistic journey.
Neil works primarily in the medium of watercolour and is drawn to its expressive and fluid nature. He has received instruction from several of Australia’s most highly regarded contemporary watercolour artists and has found that working en plein air (on location) is a central part of his art. Neil believes that the emotional connection with the subject by working en plein air is hard to achieve from a photograph in a studio.
Neil continues to develop his own unique and confident style. Every painting is a new opportunity to learn more about how to express himself in the challenging and exciting medium of watercolour. There is no subject that is not worth tackling. An important aim is to try and capture a scene in a way that evokes the feeling of the original observation. The image created becomes a record of an experience that Neil wants to share with the viewer.
Art Group Memberships
Bendigo Art Society
Watercolour Society of Victoria
Victorian Artist Society
Woodend Art Group
Exhibitions:
May 2009
'Creativity Radiates'
Group Exhibition with Ev Hales - AGRA Gallery, Camberwell.
July 2012
'As We See It'
Group exhibition with the 2nd Saturday Painters – AGRA Gallery, Camberwell.
Nov 14 - Jan 15
'On Location with Ev Hales'
Group Exhibition at Rebecca’s Café, Port Fairy, Victoria.
August 2015
'Melbourne and Environs'
Group Exhibition with the 2nd Saturday Painters - AGRA Gallery, Camberwell.
December 2015
'Impressions of Central Victoria and Beyond'
Solo Exhibition, Wright on roadway Café Gallery, Dunolly.
April 2016
'Red Rock-A Fresh Perspective'
Group Exhibition, Red Rock Regional Gallery, Cororooke, Vic.
Galleries:
Wright on Broadway
Awards & Achievements Include:
2010
- 3rd Prize - Sandringham Lions Club En Plein Air.
2012
- Best Watercolour - Y Service Club of Kangaroo Flat 7th Annual Art Exhibition.
2013
- Best Watercolour - Rotary Club of Castlemaine 26th Art Exhibition and Sale.
2014
- Best Watercolour - Bendigo Art Society Eaglehawk Art Show.
- Best Watercolour - St Mary’s Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Flat 7th Annual Winter Art Show.
2016
- Best Watercolour - Heathcote Artists Inc. Annual Art Show.
- Best Local Subject - Maldon Art Show.
- Best Watercolour - Anglican Parish of Kangaroo Flat 9th Winter Art Show.
- Best Watercolour - 11th Annual Bendigo Art Show.
- Best Watercolour - 22nd Bendigo Art Society Annual Art Show 2016.
- Best Watercolour - Rotary Club of Charlton Annual Art Exhibition.
2017
- Best Watercolour - Bendigo Art Society Eaglehawk Art Show.
Workshops:
- Neil has conducted workshops for the Bendigo Art Society and the Central Victorian Landscapers
- Neil is available for workshops on watercolour upon request
External Website:
http://www.neilgude.comContact the Artist
Email Address
neil.gude@gmail.com
Phone Number:
0407 673 053