Bridgit Thomas
Artist’s Statement
My life and art is dominated by the maritime world, living on the Mornington Peninsula, I am surrounded by bays and oceans. Painting, drawing, printmaking and ceramics are mediums that capture my subjects, from ships, boats, fishing and dockyards to its diverse sea life.
Biography
Bridgit’s work consists of fish and marine themes infused with the richness of coastal environments, natural flora and fauna. Her work has been influenced through a lifetime of drawing and living by the sea.
The work focuses on the environment in which she finds herself. A rich, multi-layered approach where she interprets what she has experienced through a palate of both natural and manmade elements. Bridgit’s work distills what we all remember from our own experiences but are unable to capture in a photo or describe in words.
In a recent interview Bridgit said “I wish I was born in 1761 rather than 1961. I could imagine myself being a naturalist travelling the coastline of Australia and documenting all that I saw.”
Bridgit’s attention to detail is astounding. Each work is an elegant composition of key primary items embellished with amazing details to provide both an easy glance and a rewarding deeper inspection of the work. Basically, the works keep the viewer engaged and intrigued as the details keep revealing themselves and rewarding the observer with subtle yet complex presentations of coastal environments.
Awards
RESIDENCIES & AWARDS
2020 Linden Postcard Show, St. Kilda
2020 Shortlisted People’s Choice. Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2020 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2019 Shortlisted People’s Choice. Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2019 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2018 Selected Blarney Biblio Art Award, Port Fairy and Tacit Gallery,
2018 Shortlisted People’s Choice. Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2018 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2017 Winner, People’s Choice. Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2017 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2017 Artist-in Residence, Warrener Arts, Portsea Victoria
2017 Finalist Geelong Print Prize, Geelong Gallery
2017 Artist-in-Residence The Art Vault, Mildura
2016 Shortlisted Svitzer Peoples Choice Award, Maritime Art Prize
2016 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2016 Selected Bellarine Print Prize, Pt. Lonsdale, Vic.
2015 Shortlisted Svitzer People’s Choice Award, Maritime Art Prize
2015 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2015 Represented, Gippsland Print Award, Sale
2015 Selected for The Geelong College Art Show
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Warrener Arts, Portsea Victoria
2015 Artist-in-Residence, Julia Street Creative Space, Portland Victoria
2015 Best Other Medium; Mornington Peninsula Art Show
2014 Shortlisted PB Towage Peoples Choice Award, Maritime Art Prize
2014 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2013 Shortlisted PB Towage Peoples Choice Award, Maritime Art Prize
2013 Finalist, Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2013 “Animalia”, International Print Exchange
2013 Finalist Queenscliff Art Awards, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff
2012 Shortlisted PB Towage Peoples Choice Award, Maritime Art Prize
2012 Finalist Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2012 Winner, Continental Hotel Annual Art Prize, Sorrento
2012 Linden Postcard Show, St. Kilda
2011 ANL Maritime Art Prize, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2011 CPM National Print Awards. Tweed River Art Gallery
2011 Linden Postcard Show, St. Kilda
2010 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Docklands Melbourne
2009 Artists-in-Residence Bundanon Trust NSW
2009 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Docklands Melbourne
2008 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Docklands Melbourne
2007 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Mission to the Seafarers, Docklands
2007 Selected for Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Adelaide
2006 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Mission to the Seafarers, Docklands
2005 Selected for Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, Adelaide
2005 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Mission to the Seafarers, Docklands
2004 Selected for Maritime Art Prize, Mission to the Seafarers, Docklands
2003 Passions of the Sea, Maritime Art Show, Mission to the Seafarers,
1991 Selected for MPAC Contemporary Artists Drawing Show
1987 Represented, Fremantle Print Prize WA
1987 Represented, Drypoint Exhibition Travelling UKExhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 ‘Charmed Circle’ SALT Contemporary Art, Queenscliff
2020 ‘All at Sea’ SALT Contemporary Art, Queenscliff
2019 ‘Ship to Shore’ Merricks Wine Store Mornington Peninsula
2019 ‘No Like is the Same’ SALT Contemporary Art, Queenscliff
2018 ‘Fish & Ships’, Merricks Wine Store Mornington Peninsula
2017 Mornington Library Foyer Artist Space, Mornington
2016 Gallery Sorrento, Easter exhibition
2015 Portland Bay Press, Julia St. Creative Space, Portland
2012 “Superstructures” Dome Gallery, Mission to Seafarers, Docklands
2010 “Local Species” Gallery Sorrento
2007 Gallery Sorrento
2002 Gallery Sorrento
2000 New Paintings, Gallery Sorrento
1999 Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Sorrento
1997 Fishing and Boating Show, Melbourne Exhibition Centre
1996 Easter Exhibition, Gallery Sorrento
1995 Art House Gallery, Paddington, NSW
1995 Gallery Sorrento
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Miniatures in March, Portland Bay Press, Julia St. Creative Space, Portland
2019 Local 7, Rye UpStairs Gallery, Mornington Peninsula
2018 Summer by the Sea, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff
2017 Mystic Park Landscapes, Mystic Park Hotel, Vic
2017 Of the Sea, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza
2017 Impressions, Celebration of Printmakers, Manyung Gallery Malvern
2017 Two Cities, Portland Print Exchange, Portland Bay Press
2017 Summer Exhibition, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff
2016 Mystic Park Landscape, Mystic Park Hotel, Mystic Park Vic.
2016 Portland Artist Residency Program; Portland Arts Centre
2016 Summer Exhibition, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff
2015 Summer Exhibition, SALT Contemporary Art, Queensciiff
2015 Raku Ceramic Exhibition, Antipodes Gallery Sorrento
2015 White Tag, Ocean Fundraising Gala, Melbourne Aquarium
2014 A Brush with the Law – Exhibition Supporting the Tunnel Picket
2014 Summer Exhibition, SALT Contemporary Art, Queenscliff
2014 Studio P52 Barcelona Spain
2013 Summer Exhibition, SALT Contemporary Art, Queenscliff
2013 Ceramic Art Exhibition of Studio 13, Driftwood Warehouse & Artspace,
2013 4 Seas, Frankston Arts Centre
2011 Seven Seas, SALT Contemporary Art, Queenscliff
2010 Art for Sharks - Charity Auction Gipps St Gallery Melbourne
2010 Shed 13 Ceramics, Antipodes Gallery Sorrento
2005 Save the Bays Exhibition, Moorabbin
2005 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
1998 The Good Earth, Green Hill Galleries, Adelaide
1995 Printmakers Show, Art House, Rushcutters Bay, NSW
1994 Treasures from the Sea, Art House, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney
1992 Beach Art, First Settlement Gallery, Sorrento
1990 Peninsula Vistas, White Hills Gallery, Red Hill VIC
1986 Paper Planes, Tolarnos Galley, St Kilda VIC
1982 Graduate Show, Hawthorn City Gallery
1981 Mini Prints, Print Council of Australia, Travelling ExhibitiionWebsite
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Bridgit Thomas
South Channel
Framed: 65 x 115cm Watercolour on Paper $1,800.00