7. Sue Dyde
Abstract / Mixed Media
I'm a Wagga Wagga girl and the colours of Australia run in my blood through and through. The outdoors the mountains - they feed my work and are my inspiration. I’ve always been creative, working in jewellery design for much of my career and then later in life I moved into art. I have my beautiful daughter to thank for that! I went with her on a university placement to Balmain and instead of twiddling my thumbs while she finished her studies I picked up a paintbrush - and I’ve found it hard to put down ever since! The big turning point for me was entering six paintings in a local exhibition -my contemporary artist style was completely different from the other art works shown and as it turns out, really well received, I sold three paintings in that exhibition and seven months later I quit the jewellery industry to become a full-time artist.
