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aliSon Jane riCe

lives and works in leura and McMahons Point, New South Wales, Australia

SEARCH THE ARTIST ONLINE www.botanicaltheatre.com.au

Alison Jane rice, was born in the harbor side suburb of Mosman imagination. “To find pleasure in curiously constructed miniature
in New South Wales Australia. She spent her early childhood environments is to honor perfection and embrace deformity," she
squashing figs between her toes on balmoral‘s magical island and muses.
dancing in her fairy costume with her sisters in its famous outdoor Embarking on a serious artistic journey in the late seventies, Alison
rotunda. This sense of play undoubtedly planted the fertile seeds found herself fuelled by the energy and rawness of Australia's
for a creative imagination and artistic career path. Alison's work early visual arts industry. In 1976, the term botanical theatre came
today still conveys the timelessness of this sacred place in her to her during a profound meditation in the byron bay hinterland
and this powerful seed once planted was destined to bear fruit. In
1995, she received a Masters in Creative Arts from the University
of Wollongong after completion of her bachelors degree.

eCHiDna taLe, 2008 PASTEl, PEN AND WATErCOlOr ON JAPANESE rICE PAPEr
16,5x13,5 IN. /42x35 CM. 
LeDa & tHe sWan, 2008 WATErCOlOr, ACrylIC & PENCIl 25,5x23 IN. /65x59 CM. 
 emerGenCe, 2008 WATErCOlOr AND PENCIl ON PAPEr 20x20 IN. /50x50 CM.
 arnHem FLoWer, 2009 WATErCOlOr, PASTEl AND ACrylIC ON MAgNANI
PAPEr 300gSM 18x18,5 IN. /48x47 CM.

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