about alice pulvers
Alice was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in both Tokyo and Kyoto with her two younger sisters, also artists, and her older brother. She was educated in Japanese schools until she moved to Sydney in 2000 and is bilingual and bicultural in Japanese and English. Alice began drawing and painting from an early age. When Alice was 15, she travelled to Paris, and the art she saw there made a strong and lasting impression on her. This experience and her other travels have influenced her development as an artist. Alice has studied life-drawing and has taken courses at the Julian Ashton Art School and at College of Fine Art in Sydney.
Alice exhibits her paintings regularly, often with her sisters, and has been a finalist in numerous art prizes including the Portia Geach Art Prize, the Mosman Art Prize, the Kilgour Prize, the Ravenswood Art Prize and the National Capital Art Prize. Alice was also a finalist in the Mandorla Art Prize in WA. Alice has been a semi-finalist five times in the national Doug Moran Portraiture and in the prestigious BP Portraiture Prize in London.
Alice paints in gouache on paper and in oils. Alice’s work strongly reflects, in colour and composition, her life in Japan, surrounded by traditional and contemporary Japanese art. Alice is interested in portrait painting and accepts commissions. Alice also paints animal subjects and is very interested in landscape and architectural subjects.
(Above: 'Abstract Landscape' 'oil on canvas by Alice Pulvers)
Alice exhibits her paintings regularly, often with her sisters, and has been a finalist in numerous art prizes including the Portia Geach Art Prize, the Mosman Art Prize, the Kilgour Prize, the Ravenswood Art Prize and the National Capital Art Prize. Alice was also a finalist in the Mandorla Art Prize in WA. Alice has been a semi-finalist five times in the national Doug Moran Portraiture and in the prestigious BP Portraiture Prize in London.
Alice paints in gouache on paper and in oils. Alice’s work strongly reflects, in colour and composition, her life in Japan, surrounded by traditional and contemporary Japanese art. Alice is interested in portrait painting and accepts commissions. Alice also paints animal subjects and is very interested in landscape and architectural subjects.
(Above: 'Abstract Landscape' 'oil on canvas by Alice Pulvers)
ABOUT sophie PULVERS
Sophie was born in Tokyo, Japan and grew up in both Tokyo and Kyoto with her two sisters, also artists, and her older brother. She was educated in Japanese schools until she moved to Sydney in 2001 and is bilingual and bicultural in Japanese and English. Sophie continues to be a frequent visitor to Japan.
Sophie has always been fascinated by the natural world and this is reflected in her work, in which she most often paints animal subjects. Sophie’s work reflects the experiences of her childhood growing up surrounded by both traditional and contemporary Japanese art. Much of Japanese cultural and artistic inspiration is drawn from the natural world and natural materials. Sophie has travelled overseas as well as in many parts of Australia and has had the opportunity to experience wild nature in tropical far-north Queensland, the Corner Country of far-western NSW and has visited Ningaloo Reef in WA.
Sophie exhibits regularly, often with her sisters and has been a semi-finalist in the national Doug Moran Portraiture Prize and a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize, Hunters Hill Art Prize and the Waverly 9x5 Landscape Prize.
As well as painting animal subjects from life, Sophie has re-interpreted the animal subject etchings and paintings of the 15th/16th-century German artist Albrecht Durer. Sophie has also created a series of large works inspired by renowned Japanese artists such as Ito Jakuchu, Maruyama Okyo and artists of the Kano School.
Sophie has always been fascinated by the natural world and this is reflected in her work, in which she most often paints animal subjects. Sophie’s work reflects the experiences of her childhood growing up surrounded by both traditional and contemporary Japanese art. Much of Japanese cultural and artistic inspiration is drawn from the natural world and natural materials. Sophie has travelled overseas as well as in many parts of Australia and has had the opportunity to experience wild nature in tropical far-north Queensland, the Corner Country of far-western NSW and has visited Ningaloo Reef in WA.
Sophie exhibits regularly, often with her sisters and has been a semi-finalist in the national Doug Moran Portraiture Prize and a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize, Hunters Hill Art Prize and the Waverly 9x5 Landscape Prize.
As well as painting animal subjects from life, Sophie has re-interpreted the animal subject etchings and paintings of the 15th/16th-century German artist Albrecht Durer. Sophie has also created a series of large works inspired by renowned Japanese artists such as Ito Jakuchu, Maruyama Okyo and artists of the Kano School.
ABOUT Lucy PULVERS
Lucy was born in Kyoto, Japan and grew up in both Tokyo and Kyoto with her two older sisters, also artists, and her older brother. She was educated in Japanese schools until she moved to Sydney in 2001 and is bilingual and bicultural in Japanese and English. In 2014 Lucy was awarded the Thea Proctor Scholarship by the Julian Ashton Art School. Lucy paints in both oil and watercolour. Lucy recently spent a year in the UK and travelled in Europe, particularly spending time in Germany. This was an intense period of looking at art, as well as painting and drawing while living in London. This year, for the fourth year in a row, watercolour paintings by Lucy have been selected for inclusion in the annual Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours exhibit in London. In the 2020 watercolour exhibition, a self-portrait was awarded the ‘President’s Choice Award’.
Lucy exhibits regularly, often with her sisters and has been a finalist twice in the Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize, a semi-finalist in the BP Portraiture Prize in London and most recently, a finalist in the Blake Prize.
Lucy is essentially a figure painter and portrait artist. All of her artistic work is rooted in her relationship to line and drawing as the foundation of her paintings, both in watercolour and oils.
Lucy exhibits regularly, often with her sisters and has been a finalist twice in the Portia Geach Portraiture Prize, a finalist in the Mosman Art Prize, a semi-finalist in the BP Portraiture Prize in London and most recently, a finalist in the Blake Prize.
Lucy is essentially a figure painter and portrait artist. All of her artistic work is rooted in her relationship to line and drawing as the foundation of her paintings, both in watercolour and oils.