Dell Claire Nash b. 22 October 1931

Also known as Del Nash
  • Artist (Painter)
Dell Nash was a contemporary impressionist landscape artist of Central Queensland known for her instinctive feel for line and vivid colour and strong psychological and emotional response to physical locations. A student of the Australian Flying Art School in the 1970s she began exhibiting in the 1980s, collecting many awards in regional art shows.
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Citations

  • Sue Smith 'Dell Nash retrospective’ Rockhampton Art Gallery 1996

  • University Art Museum, Queensland Works 1950-1985 University of Queensland, 1985

  • Interview with Leonie McKenna, 14 July, 2020.

  • Interview with Carmen Beezley-Drake, 5 Septempber, 2020

  • Interview Carol Miller, 12 & 14 September, 2020.

  • 'Discovering Central Queensland artist Dell Nash’ Queensland History Journal (Visual Arts of Queensland issue) Nov 2021 24:11

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Residences
  • 1956 - 1962 Mount Morgan, QLD, Australia
  • 1963 - c.1990 Rockhampton, QLD (Company house of T.A. Fields Pty Ltd, Nerimbera, rear Rockhampton)
  • 1990 - Zilzie, QLD, Australia
  • 1956 - 1962 Mount Morgan, QLD, Australia
  • 1963 - c.1 January 1990 Rockhampton, QLD (Company house of T.A. Fields Pty Ltd, Nerimbera, rear Rockhampton)
  • 1990 - Zilzie, QLD, Australia
Trainings
  • Fine and Applied Arts Diploma, 1984 - 1986 Rockhampton, Qld.
  • Mentored by visiting artists to Central QLD, from Mervyn Moriarty onwards, 1974 - 2014 Cooee Bay Artists Workshops, Cooee Bay, QLD, Australia
  • Self-taught as member of Central Queensland Contemporary Artists, c.1975 - Rockhampton, QLD
  • Workshops taught by John Rigby, c.1990 - Brisbane, QLD
  • Fine and Applied Arts Diploma, 1984 - 1986 Rockhampton, Qld.
  • Mentored by visiting artists to Central QLD, from Mervyn Moriarty onwards, 1974 - 2014 Cooee Bay Artists Workshops, Cooee Bay, QLD, Australia
  • Self-taught as member of Central Queensland Contemporary Artists, c.1975 - Rockhampton, QLD
  • Workshops taught by John Rigby, c.1990-1999 - Brisbane, QLD
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