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Fiona Bilbrough

Fiona was born in 1967 and went to the University of Melbourne- BEd (fine arts) 1989.
Fiona took a two year course with John Balmain in portrait and still life painting in 1988.Fiona received regular feedback from him until his death in January 2000. Fiona was an art teacher for multi aged groups in oil painting at the McClelland Guild of Artists 1986 – 1995. From 1988 onwards Fiona was a contract art teacher and artist in residence in a number of schools. Fiona teaches still life, portraiture, plaster casts and open air painting, utilizing the Meldrum methods of casual observation.

Special achievements are The Alice Bale scholarship in 1995 which enabled the study of master paintings in Europe.

Fiona is a member of the Victorian Art Society and Women Painting and Sculpture Society. Winning numerous awards, her work has also been published in the Australian Artist Magazine in 1996, 1997 and 2004. Fiona received the Youngest Victorian Artist of the Year 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. Fiona has work in private collections in France, Italy, Spain, England and Scotland and throughout Australia.
Fiona accepts commissions and exhibits at Flinders and Sorrento Fine Art Galleries on the Mornington Peninsula.