Art Club Intensive Painting - Dreamscapes and Imagination

Explore the imaginative world of surrealism in this creative painting workshop. Inspired by artists like Salvador Dalí and Frida Kahlo, you will learn how to express dreamlike ideas through unexpected imagery and symbolism. You will explore surrealist creative thinking exercises and practices including automatic drawing and writing, collageand a collaborative exquisite corpse activity. The workshop will culminate in you creating your own acrylic based painting that pushes the boundaries of your imagination.

Stephanie Eather is a visual artist, living and working between Naarm (Melbourne), Gadigal land (Sydney) and rural Eastern Australia. Her painting practice explores the intersection of memory, materiality, and textile sustainability, informed by both traditional and contemporary drawing sensibilities. Stephanie completed a Master of Fine Art (Drawing) in 2023 at National Art School in Darlinghurst. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Art History from the University of Melbourne in 2013, and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing) obtained from RMIT in 2009.

Eather’s artwork has been showcased in group and solo exhibitions across Australia and has been selected for prizes including the Gosford Art Prize and the Dobell Drawing Prize #21 and #22. In 2022, Eather was awarded the Bonner and Tonkin Drawing Award and won runner-up for the Vincent Prize in 2024. She is currently represented by Nanda\Hobbs in Chippendale, NSW. She teaches drawing and painting at National Art School, Sydney and at The Art Room in Melbourne.