Exhibition covers span of artistic career

A Patonga artist has mounted an exhibition that represents the span of her artistic career.

Ms Jocelyn Maughan, who works from a historic bakery building in Patonga, offers an insight into her past in the exhibition that opened at Meadowbank TAFE's See Street Gallery in Sydney on May 3.

"This exhibition captures her history as profoundly as the burnt charcoal that stains the pages of her voluminous sketchbooks," said teacher Mr Nick Vickers.

Regarded as the foundation stone of the Fine Arts School of Meadowbank TAFE Campus, in the role of senior head teacher, Ms Maughan inspired a distinguished alumni over a period of 40 years from the age of 21.

Current head teacher Mr Tony McDonald said: "Jocelyn was the driving force in establishing Meadowbank TAFE as a key centre for fine arts education in the greater Sydney region.

"She personally instructed hundreds of students over her career, imparting very high standards in the art of drawing and painting."

The "expansive survey exhibition ... in recognition of her extraordinary contribution to art education ... places her amongst Sydney's most respected artists," said Mr Vickers.

The exhibition was opened by Ms Victoria Kitanov, a former student of Ms Maughan's.

The exhibition will run until May 25 with a special artist talk with Ms Maughan and gallery curator Mr Johnathan Cooper scheduled for May 12.

SOURCE:

Media release, 2 May 2018

Nick Vickers, See Street Gallery