ABOUT TRICIA TAYLOR ART
Welcome to my website.
The beauty and serenity of creation is what draws me to paint. Light has always fascinated me. It brings clarity, hope and unveils our path. With art as the vehicle I tell the story of light whether the hope of a sunrise or the light falling on a child’s face to reveal their innocence or the path of light as it falls across a table to expose the velvet petal of a flower. My aim is to bring a little more joy into people's hearts by sharing the light of God's creation with them.
Based in Moreton Bay, Tricia Taylor is a Master Pastellist with the Pastel Society of Australia and has won many awards including Pastellist of the Year 2026. Tricia’s work has been published in a variety of national art magazines including Australian Artist, Art Edit and Paint and Draw Magazine UK. Teaching from beginners to advanced students for many years Tricia's workshops are in demand in Australia and internationally including France, Fiji, New Zealand and the USA.
Unison Pastels, a handmade pastel company from the UK, have endorsed Tricia’s by making her one of their Signature artists.
If you would like to learn how to paint My online school can be found at www.heartofcolour.com
+61 419 176 986
Tricia’s work has been exhibited across Australia and internationally being accepted into the IAPS International Pastel Awards in the USA in 2017 and will be part of the 5th International Pastel Exhibition in France 2027 .
My recent awards include:
Pastellist of the Year 2026
Best in Show – Pastel Society of Australia Annual Awards 2026
First Prize – Animal section – Pastel Society of Australia Annual Awards
Highly commended – Landscapes Pastel society of Australia Annual Awards 2025.
Finalist Basil Sellers Art Prize 2024.
Matthew Flinders Art Prize - Matty Award 2024
Best in Show - FAB exhibition Beachmere. 2023
Winner 2D FAB exhibition Beachmere. 2023
Finalist Pure Color 6th Annual Online International Juries Exhibition.
Finalist Lethbridge Landscape awards 2022
Finalist Pure Color 5th Annual ONLINE International Juried Exhibition 2021
Member Prize – Matthew Flinders Art Prize 2021
Gallery Finalist Lethbridge Landscape Awards 2021
Finalist Moreton Bay Art Awards 2021
Highly Commended PSA Landscape award 2020.
Ardency Art Awards. Highly Commended 2019
Finalist NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize 2018
Pastellist of the Year Awards – Portrait and Animal Section – First Prize 2018
Best In Show – Oatley 101 Society of Artists Members Exhibition. 2018
Best In Show – National Pastel Exhibition South Coast Pastel Society. 2018
Finalist 30th Juried Exhibition International Pastel Awards 2017. USA
Pastellist of the Year Awards – Landscape section – first Prize 2016.
Pastellist of the Year Awards – Still Life section – second prize 2016
Pastel Society of Australia Annual awards– Still life second prize 2015
d’Arcy Doyle Art awards - Highly commended. Landscape section. 2014
Kenilworth LGI trophy Competition - Landscapes First Prize 2013
Pastel Society of Australia Awards 2013 - People’s Choice
Pastel Society of Australia Awards 2013 - 1st prize Landscape
Pastel Society of Australia Awards 2013 - 2nd prize Still Life
Royal Queensland Art Society Pastel Exhibition 2013 - 2nd prize
Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular - Finalist 2013
John Jeffrey Memorial Award 2012 - for Service to the Pastel Society
Royal Queensland Show – Seascapes - First Prize 2011
Master Pastellist Status awarded May 2011
Pastel Society of Australia Winner Pastellist of the Year 2010
Galleries
Seaview Gallery, Moffat Beach Qld. co-operative member. Current.
Studio Gallery Precinct 75 Saint Peters NSW.
Royal Art Society of NSW exhibiting member.
Stevens Street Gallery Yandina Qld.
Past Curator - Yandina Historic House Gallery.
Publications:
Plein Air Magazine article representing Australian Plein Air Painters February 2025.
Unison Color Pastel Academy – how to pastel 2021
Unison. Pastel Academy Blog – Limiting your Pallet.
Australian Artist Magazine: Article October edition 2018 – Landscape colour control.
Australian Artist Magazine: Article July edition 2018 – portraits in pastel and charcoal
Australian Artist Magazine: Article April edition 2018 - Reflections
Australian Artist Magazine - Capturing Movement and Light in Seascapes. 10-page article, July 2014
Art Edit Magazine - Edition 1, January 2014
Australian Artist Magazine: 8-page Article portraits. January 2012
Australian Artist Magazine: How Did You Paint That - Seascape March 2011
Exhibitions
Joint Exhibition – “Tall Stories” Bribie Island Community Arts Centre. May 2026
Joint Exhibition – Redcliffe Firehouse Gallery January 2026
Bribie Art Trail – Sept 2025
Samford Art Trail - June 2025
Joint Exhibition – Redcliffe Fire Station Gallery. Redcliffe Qld. July 2024
Solo Exhibition – Roma on Bungil Gallery. Roma Qld. June – August 2024
Solo Exhibition One88 Gallery Katoomba. 2023.
Group Exhibition – Bribie Arts Centre 2023.
Solo Exhibition Surat on Balonne Gallery June 2021
Solo Exhibition Redcliffe Fire Station Gallery. March 2021
Solo Exhibition Bondi Pavilion Gallery – Capturing the Light – Bondi Beach. 2019
Group Exhibition – “Then and Now” Stevens Street Gallery, Yandina Qld.
Solo Exhibition – Graydon Gallery, New Farm Brisbane Qld April 2017
Seaview Gallery – Moffat Beach Qld – Member artist 2010-2017, 2022 to Current.
Recent Teaching Workshops and Classes:
Zoom demonstration Pastel Society of Australia Feb 2026.
Lord Howe Island painting tour : Sept 2025.
Grampians Brushes. 2024
New Zealand – Painting Tour April 2024.
Flinders Ranges – Painting tour. September 2023. October 2024
CASS Art in the Country tutor 2023.
Sturt Winter School tutor 2023
Grampians Summer Brushes tutor January 2023
Australian Pastel Expo 2022 and 2018.
Mcgregor Winter School Tutor July 2019.
Workshop 5 day – Sturt Summer School Mittagong January 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. 2021, 2022. Winter School 2022.
Online School:
Tricia has an online self-paced pastel course “Understanding Colour” and Seascapes workshops are available.
International Tutoring
New Zealand – 6 week tour. 9 x 2day workshops across the country, judging their national competition, demonstrations at the national conference. Paint around group demonstration.
New Zealand – 7 day plein air painting group April 2024
USA Appalachian Pastel Society Zoom demonstration and Workshop March 2023
France – 10 Day workshop Domaine Du Haut Baran October 2022.
New Zealand Tour 2019 – workshops Nelson, Otaga, Kaikoura, New Plymouth, Coromandel.
New Zealand Tour 2018 – workshops Nelson, Tauranga, Omaru, Kaikoura Invercargill. March 2018
France – 10 Day workshop Domaine Du Haut Baran August 2017.
New Zealand – Taranaki – Workshop Seascapes October 2016
New Zealand – Nelson – Workshop Composition October 2016
New Zealand – Kairkoura Plein air workshop October 2016
USA Montrose Gallery Ridgeway Colorado - Plein air painting 2 day workshop 2015
Fiji - Daku Resort Savu Savu - 7 day art workshop May 2015
New Zealand - 10 day plein air Colours of Autumn Tour April 2015
New Zealand - 7 day Plein air Kaikoura - Marlborough Art Group.2015