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2002 (c) Peninsula Community Access Newspaper Inc
Judith Hoste holds exhibition
Central Coast art teacher Judith Hoste will hold an art exhibition at Umina from October 1 to 31.
The exhibition will include oil paintings as well as pastel artworks.
It will be held at Café Umina Beach, at the rear of the library in West St, Umina .
Judith started oil painting classes in 1981 with teacher Mrs. Ethel Jamieson of the Noonameena studio at Booker Bay.
In l986, Judith purchased her own gallery and studio, Amber Arts at Umina, and classes were held in oils, watercolours, acrylics, pastels and drawing.
Judith's watercolour tuition came from the late Neville Johnson, her acrylic tuition from the late Hal Paddle, pastels from Patricia Moy and for drawing there was a "natural talent handed down from her father".
Judith attended the Mitchell College at Bathurst for the tuition in pastels she received from Patricia Moy and did a follow-on class in oils with Kasey Sealy.
With these five mediums available, Judith's classes are popular with students wanting to "have a go" at more than one medium.
Exhibitions that Judith enters regularly include the Gosford Art Prize, winning an award in 200l for promoting the Central Coast with a painting titled "Overlooking Pearl Beach".
She participated in the charity art exhibition for the Safari Appeal in 200l and sold both works entered.
In the past judith worked with another coast artist on two occasions to put on an exhibition for the Smith Family Central Coast branch, which were very successful.
She has also exhibited in the Royal Easter Show and Mosman Art Prize.
Judith and her students exhibit regularly at the Café Umina Beach at the Umina Beach tourist information office, they also put exhibitions on for local organisations to use as a fundraiser.
The Umina Beach branch of the CWA have benefited twice now with another on the way on October l9, also the Woy Woy Recreational Physical Culture Club benefited in 200l.
Judith has done six pastel workshops over the past three years for the Central Coast Art Society, which were well attended.
Her weekly classes are Monday - Thursday, morning and afternoons and there are a few vacancies at the moment.
Judith's work can be viewed all year round at the Ocean Beach Waterfront Restaurant at Ocean Beach, at Old Sydney Town in the Studio 20 Gallery and at her own studio, Umina Beach.
She specialises in local scenes, Australian wildlife and wildflowers, with many of these subjects painted and purchased to go overseas.
Judith can be contacted on 434l 7302.
Press release, September 16