Tricia teaches, and presents workshops throughout Australia and overseas.Īrticle published May issue Australian ArtistĪccepted Bald Archy National Touring ExhibitionĢnd Place Overall RAS Exhibition of Excellence Redcliffe City Art Gallery She is active in the art community, coordinated the Redcliffe Regional Youth Art Awards with artist and friend John Robinson, 1997-2007, and was the inaugural Chair of the Scarborough Fair Arts Association Inc.
Tricia exhibits regularly in regional shows and competitions, since moving to Queensland from Michigan in 1987. She was awarded the Centennary Medal for Service to Education and the Arts in 2003. Tricia represented parents in education for over twenty-five years, including serving as a board member on the Queensland Schools Curriculum Council, the Queensland Studies Authority and the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board. She attended the Newcastle Art School for over two years, holds a Basic Art Certificate from the Art Instruction School in Minnesota, USA, and is a graduate with Distinction from the Open College of the Arts, Queensland. It then tours the Blue Mountains, Newcastle and Melbourne.TRICIA REUST was born in Sydney, NSW, Australia. The Bald Archy Prize is on display at Sofitel Sydney Darling Harbour until April 22. I don’t know how Maude selects the winner but I feel very privileged she’s given me the thumbs up. “To me the Bald Archies are the most Australian art prize because we’re taking the mickey out of the tall poppies,” Brennan says. In the satirical spirit of the competition, the finalists and winning portraits are picked by a stuffed sulphur-crested cockatoo named Maude. The third prize was awarded to Sharyn Jones’s depiction of champion mare Winx, The Magical Mare. While Brennan’s portrait was awarded the $10,000 first prize, the $2000 second prize went to Wendy Barling’s take on Gollum, Gollott. It houses the 45 portraits, which extend well beyond politics into sport (Steve Smith) the arts (Barry Humphries, AC/DC’s Malcolm and Angus Young, Jimmy Barnes) and two portraits of actor Craig McLachlan. His newly opened Sofitel Sydney in Darling Harbour is hosting the exhibition in a makeshift gallery scheduled to be transformed into a day spa. This year hotel owner and developer Jerry Schwartz, himself the subject of a former Bald Archy portrait, came to the rescue. He took one look at it and almost burst into flames. “ there was a small sculpture in the form of a garden gnome of Frank Sartor in a Chicago crook’s suit holding a mirror to his face, and he was to open the exhibition.
“The big problem we had was venues and the attitude from what I call the art snobs – ‘Oh no, we couldn’t possibly have that disgusting little show in our lovely galleries’. The Bald Archies were founded by respected arts administrator, theatre director and founding member of the Melbourne Theatre Company Peter Batey the prize was first held in 1994 as part of his Coolac Festival of Fun. “They say a caricature is a portrait with the volume turned up and I really wanted to crank up that volume with that big-bang smile he has.”
“Anh Do is an inspiration to me, he’s come from humble beginnings he was a refugee who came to Australia as a young boy with his family and has made a name for himself as an artist as well as an author, comedian and actor,” Brennan says.
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