Pateena Donnelly is one of 13 local artists inviting visitors to drop into their studios on November 2 and 3.

She welcomes visitors to her Lilly Pilly Studio/Gallery in Stanwell Park.

As a multi-disciplined artist, Pateena loves to create richly layered works to form emotional and thought-provoking responses from the viewer through the use of immersive colour and imagery.  Pateena captures diverse subjects in her paintings – including portraiture, landscape, still life, wildlife, and pet portraits. She employs a rich painterly  impressionistic style, which she also likes to channel when creating sculptures and writing Haiku and Waku poetry. 

”I am always in search of capturing the elusive spiritual connections in my artworks,” Pateena says. “Art is a bridge which creates a language to describe what lies beyond the material tangible reality.”

Pateena works out of her home studio/gallery in Stanwell Park, where she creates her beautiful artworks, teaches and runs workshops.

Her Lilly Pilly Studio/Gallery is open whenever the sign is placed out at 7 Station Street, Stanwell Park, and will be open on November 2 and 3, from 10am-3pm as part of the Northern Illawarra Art Trail

If you are looking for a gift for Christmas or some wonderful artwork for your wall, you won’t be disappointed, Pateena will be offering gift vouchers for portraiture, pet portraits and commissions.

Find a map of studios at the trail’s website at www.niarttrail.com

Note: The MS City to Gong Bike Ride is on Sunday, 3 November, with road closures on Lawrence Hargrave Drive