Workshop Description:

A 2 day workshop to be held on the 11^th & 12^th October 2025, with Grace Paleg.

Instructor Background:

Grace commenced her painting career in Victoria where she began exhibiting in 1990 and teaching in 1991. She is a signatory member of the Pastel Society of Victoria Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Guild of Realists Artists and a past President of the South Coast Pastel Society.

In 1994, Grace moved with her family to Surf Beach on the South Coast of NSW where she holds regular classes and workshops in her studio for South Coast students. She also conducts private classes on request. These include conducting remote classes via Zoom. She specialises in soft pastels on Mi-Tientes Canson paper.

Her work is renowned for its fabulous lights and reflections, as well as colour, tone and form. Grace’s teaching encompasses still life, portraits, florals, landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes. She is a regular prize winner in major pastel exhibitions and her work hangs in many private homes and public buildings. Finally, a statement from her students - “If Grace says a colour is green, believe her, it is green!” Usually this is followed by “How did you see that!” These cries by regular students are often heard in classes. It seems that green is not always easily identified unless you have Grace’s discerning eye for colour.