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Ludij Pedan |
Ludij Pedan is a practicing professional artist, experienced workshop tutor, art judge and member of the Royal Queensland Art Society and the Watercolour Society of Queensland; her Art Gallery is located at Yungaburra Atherton Tablelands Australia. Ludij works predominantly with watercolour in the traditionalist / realist style.
Ludij was born in Amsterdam in 1942, and came to Australia with her parents in 1948. Since then she has lived and painted in North Queensland and the Northern Territory. Due to northern isolation, she is mainly a self-taught watercolourist and oil painter in the traditionalist/realist style. Ludij also works in pastel, acrylics, silkscreen printing, pen and ink etc.
Her works are in public, private and corporate collections in Queensland, interstate and overseas. Ludij says that her fascination with old buildings goes much deeper than simply the presentation of something picturesque. A keen conservationist, she sees people as just another part of the ecology, and their buildings as shelters for their kind. These shelters are, to her, the symbol of people's presence in the landscape; portraying their triumphs, defeats and ongoing struggle against the forces of nature. They have as much right to be there as have the nests of birds, or the diggings of wombats.
"I am painting the death of a region - old buildings are being torn down because they are inappropriate or eyesores - but the real eyesores are the obscene concrete towers and the block boxes people are now forced to live in. To most, this spells "progress" and therefore must be good, but to me it is a tragedy. I want to celebrate the spirit of the last frontiers as they inevitably come tumbling down; to try to preserve the spirit of the old buildings and their people; the determined people who lived and worked in these areas through hard times."
Always fascinated by the play of light on virtually everything, Ludij uses light and shade skilfully to add depth and glowing realism to her work. In recent years, Ludij has won more than 30 awards in recognised art competitions. As well, since the early 70s, she has had many solo exhibitions in Darwin, Brisbane and Cairns, and has shown in many small group exhibitions throughout Australia. |
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