JAQUELINE BURGESS

Music by Chopin - Nocturne in F Majeur Op. 15 No 1 - Interpreted by Alfonso Bertazzi.

JAQUELINE BURGESS

PAINTER

Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Jaqueline has a very unique and original way to represent Australian Nature. Once you’ve seen her work, you can pick it among a thousand paintings. She has a quite distinct palette and a language of shapes that belongs to her only. Read More

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Jaqueline hired me to create a film that she could use as a banner on her web page but also show to potential collaborators, galleries, and art grant coordinators. I also took a few photos to show her beautiful studio, right next to her house in Wollongong, a city 80km south of Sydney. I wish I had taken a few photos of the house itself. Jaq has the talent of an interior designer and her house is stunning. I particularly loved the kitchen with its huge cookbook collection and access to a leafy terrace walled by travellers palms and exotic vegetation (to my Parisian eye).

Every morning, Jaq walks from her divine breakfast spot to her studio where she has designed special shelving to store her paints and previous work. Sitting at her desk, covered in a sheet of glass, she sketches on paper a vast array of Australian botanicals. A skylight lets natural light poor in on the delightfully colourful landscapes.

Jaq has a profound love for nature and spends her days, in the artists’ heaven, representing it, brush stroke after brush stroke. It was a joy to learn more about her in the interview below. From her life in South Africa to her nest in Australia.

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@jaquelineburgess | jaquelineburgess.com

INTERVIEW

My parents wanted to call me Jaqueline after an actress they admired and adored: Jacqueline Bisset, however they decided to leave off the ‘c’ to make the name unique.
I was born in a small farming town in South Africa called Belfast. I now live in a small coastal town in Australia on the east coast called Wollongong.
I speak English at home, but I can speak Afrikaans when in South Africa.
I paint what inspires me at a soul level, nature and her wonders.
Every artwork impacted me on a different level. From the time of its conception in my mind to the final brush stroke- every artwork has an impact on my mind , body and soul.
I just knew that I was an Artist, wanting was never the question, just doing and being was always the operative word.
Traveling with my family recently to South Africa - 7 weeks of complete joy visiting all the places of dreamt of going to in South Africa.
Painting
The moment I realised that my Artwork heals others and myself, also representation from a gallery this year has cemented the path I’m walking.
Self belief, that my art can also be a career.
Love - it’s everything.
Faith in what journey you are on.
Kindness to all living creatures and this planet.
Enjoy the small wonders in ever day.
Everything , hahaha!
Tea , shells, stones, crystals, feathers, paintbrushes, shoes, exotic spices, glass vessels, pottery, earrings……..
My wedding ring, it never leaves my finger- it’s a reminder of the circle of love and life , the people in my circle that share this beautiful life with me.
I’m a gemini, I change my mind all the time, but if I had to choose in this particular moment - lobster with garlic butter sauce.
Conversations with God - the trilogy.
The Wheel of Time.
Avatar 2
Nora jones and Ray LaMontagne
Alexander Mackenzie
Andromeda Lembo
Cape Town, Spain, France, Gerringong, Kiama, north coast of NSW.
I will be painting the portrait of a female Author I admire - Amber Cresswell Bell working towards my solo exhibition at the end of 2024.
Yes- a videographer/ story teller (wink wink Flore!)