While their styles differ, their use of an aerial viewpoint to trek across our endlessly fascinating continent harmonises their exploration, the results of which hopefully will enrich the viewer’s appreciation of what sometimes can be taken for granted.
Joan Costanzo and Patricia Wheatstone are intrigued by the intrinsic character of landscape and how it is modified over time by natural and human influences. While their styles differ, their use of an aerial viewpoint to trek across our endlessly fascinating continent harmonises their exploration, the results of which hopefully will enrich the viewer’s appreciation of what sometimes can be taken for granted.
Joan frequently discovers startling colour and patterns in unexpected places, and revels in using a broad range of techniques and styles to enhance her creative process.
Patricia often depicts no place in particular, yet her
landscapes are recognisably familiar and comfortably Australian. Her paintings emerge organically from layered
textures, splashes, dribbles, collage and glazes.
Joan Costanzo
As refugees, Joan and her Dutch mother escaped by ship from Malaya to Fremantle early in 1942. At Perth Modern School, she studied art with Frank Mills and later Arthur Russell, before majoring in Poetry and Drama at UWA. Moving to Canberra in 1962, Joan continued sculpting and painting throughout her working life, before being awarded an Australia Day Citizen Award in 1988 for services to the community. Greatly influenced by the mentoring of Roy Churcher, Peter Griffen and Denis Clarke, Joan has exhibited in Canberra for over 20 years, delighting in colour and using wide-ranging techniques and stylistic approaches to explore unusual aspects of the real or imagined. This has led to First Prizes for Drawing, Acrylic and Mixed Media and the sale of over 100 works.
Patricia Wheatstone
Patricia Wheatstone is a Canberra based artist but grew up in Sydney, and as a teenager, was taught oil painting by Paris schooled post-impressionist artist Peter Panow. Since then, Patricia has attended many workshops, including with Sydney artist Peter Griffen and completed 2 years of a visual arts degree averaging distinctions. Patricia’s current loves are painting abstracts, landscapes referencing the aerial viewpoint, and quirky figures, primarily working with acrylic paint and mixed media. She has won numerous art awards, beginning with her first first prize at age 12. She has participated in many exhibitions and held 5 solo shows. Patricia is a former President and current Vice President of the Artists Society of Canberra (ASOC).
Joan Costanzo and Patricia Wheatstone are intrigued by the intrinsic character of landscape and how it is modified over time by natural and human influences. While their styles differ, their use of an aerial viewpoint to trek across our endlessly fascinating continent harmonises their exploration, the results of which hopefully will enrich the viewer’s appreciation of what sometimes can be taken for granted.
Joan frequently discovers startling colour and patterns in unexpected places, and revels in using a broad range of techniques and styles to enhance her creative process.
Patricia often depicts no place in particular, yet her
landscapes are recognisably familiar and comfortably Australian. Her paintings emerge organically from layered
textures, splashes, dribbles, collage and glazes.
Joan Costanzo
As refugees, Joan and her Dutch mother escaped by ship from Malaya to Fremantle early in 1942. At Perth Modern School, she studied art with Frank Mills and later Arthur Russell, before majoring in Poetry and Drama at UWA. Moving to Canberra in 1962, Joan continued sculpting and painting throughout her working life, before being awarded an Australia Day Citizen Award in 1988 for services to the community. Greatly influenced by the mentoring of Roy Churcher, Peter Griffen and Denis Clarke, Joan has exhibited in Canberra for over 20 years, delighting in colour and using wide-ranging techniques and stylistic approaches to explore unusual aspects of the real or imagined. This has led to First Prizes for Drawing, Acrylic and Mixed Media and the sale of over 100 works.
Patricia Wheatstone
Patricia Wheatstone is a Canberra based artist but grew up in Sydney, and as a teenager, was taught oil painting by Paris schooled post-impressionist artist Peter Panow. Since then, Patricia has attended many workshops, including with Sydney artist Peter Griffen and completed 2 years of a visual arts degree averaging distinctions. Patricia’s current loves are painting abstracts, landscapes referencing the aerial viewpoint, and quirky figures, primarily working with acrylic paint and mixed media. She has won numerous art awards, beginning with her first first prize at age 12. She has participated in many exhibitions and held 5 solo shows. Patricia is a former President and current Vice President of the Artists Society of Canberra (ASOC).
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