Catherine Farren-Price

My name is Catherine Farren-Price, and I am an Australian contemporary artist. I have worked as a professional artist (painter), makeup artist and educator for over 40 years. I am equally passionate about art and makeup as the two are closely linked sharing the same elements of colour, line, texture, tone and form. I started my career as an artist/art educator after receiving a Degree in Fine Art in 1976. After 8 years of teaching art, I decided I needed to spread my creative wings and so I enrolled in and completed a Diploma of Theatrical makeup. Shortly after completing my course, I started a job in the television industry as a makeup artist on an Australian drama series, “Sons and Daughters" and “A Country Practice”. It was there that I learnt all about the television industry and continued to work in Film and television for the next 20 years. My career in makeup also included bridal, fashion, commercials, film and Special Effects. After a career in the makeup industry, I went back to painting full-time for 8 years. I was then drawn back to teaching and taught Diploma of Specialist Makeup at The Art & Technology of Makeup College and more recently at The National Institute of Dramatic Art (Nida) In 2023 I retired from teaching, and I now paint full time again. This new series of paintings combines my love of painting and makeup artistry and explores themes of nature, femininity, and the human experience.

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