Meet the Grassfed Artists – 26 March – 27 April 2025

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Exhibiting at The Verandah Gallery of The Verandah Beecroft.

Dennis Whalen

Dennis Whalen is an award winning Fine Art artist, living on the Central Coast of NSW, Australia. He specialises in still life works in the Flemish technique, and in botanical paintings. Dennis is a member of the International Guild of Realism, the Botanical art society of Australia, the Central Coast Art Society (CCAS), The Central Coast Watercolour Society (CCWS) and the Kur-ing-gai Art Society (KAS).

Dennis grew up in the USA before travelling to Australia and settling here in the 1970s. He studied art in Japan for three years, leading to an Asian influence in some of his still lifes. He also studied under the American/Russian still life artist, Alexei Antanov.

Dennis won his first art competition at the age of 13 and had his Award winning painting hung in the Pentagon.

The first painting Dennis painted in the Flemish Technique was a Finalist in the Australian Artist Magazine’s Favourite Subjects Category. His second, using the same technique, won first prize in the 2007 Still Life Competition in the Australian Artist Magazine. He has won many major art competitions and has been featured in the International Artist Magazine, the Australian Artist Magazine and several European publications. His works are represented in Australian and overseas collections in USA, Britain, Germany, Japan and Thailand.

Janelle White

Janelle’s work is usually figurative, often in a retrospective way. She is drawn to painting people, often crowds of them, often beach side and often vintage.  She uses her own  and found anonymous 1950s home movies and photos as reference, to construct a  scene and paint a fleeting moment in time,  where the intention is to create a visual sense  of what it is to hold something in memory where the details are blurry but the feeling remains.

Equally inspired by the natural beauty  around her and being so close to beaches and lakes, Janelle likes to paint places and landscapes and is unable to resist the challenge of painting water.     

Janelle has had four solo exhibitions since 2010 and  has been part of many group  exhibitions.   A finalist for The Gosford  Art Prize 8 times and Hunters    Hill Art Prize 10  times.   

Awards include: People’s Choice  Winner- Hardyscapes 2025; Winner- Grandma Moses Prize 2015; People’s Choice  Award-Small Works 2015;  Highly Commended-Artspace 2023.     

Nel Davis

Nel Davis is never happier than when turning daydreams into beautiful watercolours. 

Nel divides her time between Sydney and the NSW Central Coast, and spends a lot of time thinking on representation of the landscape on painted paper.  Nel has participated in several group exhibitions in Sydney and beyond. Many of her paintings are held in private collections, including a number of commissioned works.

In the short time she has been painting there have been several awards: Winner of Castle Hill Art Society annual art awards, small painting, 2023; Winner of Castle Hill Art Society Christmas Challenge 2023; Winner of Central Coast Watercolour Society October Challenge 2023; Finalist, Northern Beaches Gallery Summer Exhibition 2023 and 2024.

She says: “I desire to paint the dream, and for the viewer to see that I’m playing with light, colour, and the crazy nature of watercolour.  I have so much to learn. Every day seems to bring a new discovery on technique and expression. I’m loving the journey.”

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