Local artist, Margaret Goldsmith celebrates her 90th birthday on May 1 and the Tamborine Mountain Arts Trail will be part of her birthday celebration.
The award-winning artist will be displaying and selling her work at Tamborine Mountain Showgrounds across the three days of the Arts Trail.
Her art includes landscape, oil polymer, watercolour, acrylic paintings, pen and ink drawings, collages and kiln fired glasswork.
She will also have a limited selection of unframed paintings for sale.
Margaret’s love of strong colour interwoven with rhythmic design is obvious.
“I paint from the heart in an expressionistic style with the aim of simplification and directness.
“When I draw and paint it is for you, the viewer. If it pleases you, it is that your soul is running in tangent with mine,” she said.
Margaret’s Art Glass is accredited by Craft Mark, meaning it is works of excellence.
The dynamic designs and exciting colours of Bulls Eye Glass include platters, bowls, and other unique designs.
Margaret completed her first art degree in the early 1980’s and was fortunate to have great tutors like William Robinson, David Paulson, Irene Amos, Andrew Sibley and Joe Furlonger.
“These and many other superb artists encouraged my own handwriting to the fore which is unique in itself.
“My work is full of happy predictions, vital paint colours, fresh and vibrant moments of intense pleasure and the uncontrollable happiness of a dance on canvas or paper.
“My aim is to simplify the figure further”.
Margaret Goldsmith will be at Tamborine Mountain Showgrounds on May 2 to 4 from 10am to 4pm each day.
Stop in to view her beautiful artwork or to wish her a happy 90th birthday!
