Mar 1, 2020
Carole Georgina Ayres was literally born during a bomb blast in the United Kingdom on the 19th June 1944 when a buzz bomb hit a hospital wall and her mother was blown out of bed. She arrived in Australia in 1952 and is a Western Australian decorative mixed media artist. In a 40-year career she has participation in nearly 250 joint exhibitions and 19 solo exhibitions since 1979. She initially studied shorthand at business college working with iron ore mining magnate Lang Hancock before studying for a Certificate and then Diploma of Art at Rossmoyne TAFE in Perth. In 1980, her painting Woman of the Desert was selected to represent Australia in the Royal Overseas Art Exhibition in London. She is also represented in a book Art Effects by Jean Drysdale Green, published by Watson Guptill New York which featured 45 prominent Western Australian artists. Her work is influenced by 17th century Japanese court figures and the desolate Australian landscape. Her work is held in many private collections, including the two-part series inspired by the Canning Stock Route Magic Hillside 1991 and Desert Trees 1991 held in the Fairview Art Collection in Subiaco, Perth.