Tress Street Studios

Meet the local Ballarat artists and painters

If you would like to take a closer look at any of the artists work, they are frequently on display at exhibitions in Ballarat. If any of the pieces interest you we invite you to contact us at Tress Street Studios.

Lorraine Collishaw

The passion in Lorraine’s painting comes from her love of nature and her desire to convey that which is in her heart. “Only when I feel something, can I really experience it”. Mostly her paintings depict the natural environment where she finds her inspiration for life and for painting. She has been painting for a...

Kim Bunning

Kim has been painting for over ten years, studying with the Kat Jens’ painting group at the Tress Street Studio. Kim loves working with acrylic paints and has developed great skills in using palette knives and tissue papers to create thick textural finishes. Kim uses earthy colours counterpointed with brilliant reds and oranges creating exciting...

Dot Gray

Italy -Venice 60 X 70 cm framed, Acrylic on canvas $250

Marg Primmer

Marg lives in Ballarat and over the last 12 years has transferred her creative talents from hand painting fabrics to experimenting with paints on canvas. The versatility and wide ranging colours of acrylic paints fuels Marg’s passion for painting and love of colour. As she says, ‘The thrill comes from putting paint onto canvas and capturing...

Katrina “Kat” Jens

Art Studies: Ballarat School of Mines and Ballarat North Tech Exhibitions: Alexandra Club, Melbourne…First Solo Exhibition 1971 Fairbanks Gallery Ballarat… 2 Group Exhibitions Ballarat fine Art Gallery…2 Group Exhibitions Gallery on Sturt Ballarat… 2 Group Exhibitions Gallery on Sturt… Exhibition with artist son, Nick Morris Tress Street Studio, Ballarat…3 Group Exhibitions Kilbride Centre, Albert Park…Solo Exhibition...

Bev Neil

I began painting quite a few years ago mainly with the Tress Street painting Group. Although I am keen to paint in different mediums, I especially enjoy work with acrylics. I have exhibited my work in various exhibitions with success. I enjoy painting plants, flowers, landscapes and buildings using bright and mixed colours. My paintings...

Christine Titheridge

Christine’s interest in creative art has been life long, displayed in earlier days in music and still drawings. From these beginnings, the artist has graduated to her present passion for painting and photography, reinforced by her study and completion of a Diploma in Visual Arts. The artists preferred medium for painting is acrylics, which she...