Katie Sandison

‘Inspired by Australia’

Passionate about raising awareness of Australia’s unique botanicas and bird life species, South Australian watercolour painter Katie Sandison loves to create artworks which connect to the land through colourful splashes and illuminating metallic compositions. Her unique Australian fauna and fauna painting series was established in 2017 with the vision to capture purposeful documentation, highlight the importance of vulnerable, common, and extinct species through vibrant complimentary colour pallets. Her curated exhibitions have raised funds for wildlife and environmental organisations art shows since 2021 at the Adelaide Airport.

An ECO BIO CUP artist from 2021-24, her ‘Blue wren couple with purple orchids’ was featured in the coffee cup throughout Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore.

Katie started her art journey at the age of 1 & 1/2 when she drew all over the walls of her first home in the Adelaide Hills and her parents were still painting over the Texta marks as they were selling the property.

She attended Ruth Tuck Art School from the age of 7yrs and often spent time with the renowned water-colourist being a family friend. Ruth Tuck's Impressionist and modernist watercolour style of painting has had an enormous influence on Katie as an artist and art teacher. Her work reflects aspects of the romanticism of the English Pre-Raphaelites, the decorative gold from the Byzantine Art movement and stokes from French Impressionists, but with a definite Australian flavour.

Art Schools:

North Adelaide School of Art receiving a Diploma of Applied Art, 1994

University of South Australia Underdale receiving a Visual Art Degree 1997

University of Bachelor of Education in 1999

Short courses at The Central School of Art

After teaching in secondary schools for over 22 years at the age of 48 she resigned and established an art business 'Katie Sandison Fine Art', from her Mitcham Studio and a children's art school 'Kids Art Adelaide'. Currently Katie offers art workshops to adults and is employed by libraries, community centres, councils, and various organisations. Full time in the art studio she is producing mixed media landscapes, still -lives and bird compositions for represented galleries, regional gallery’s, Art Fairs, gift shops and collectors.

Prizes:

Unveiled Prize Finalist 2024 Q.L.D.

Petite Pieces Art Prize Finalist Mia Oakley :Judge Ken Done 2024-25 N.S.W.

Heysen Landscape Prize Finalist 2019, S.A.

All Connections to Unley Prize Finalist 2019 ,S.A.