Glenys’ birthplace, Cobram, is situated on the Murray River in Northern Victoria, Australia. Beginning life in the country gave her a wealth of experiences in the natural world to draw upon and fire the imagination. The tranquil wetlands were a haven for beautiful waterbirds which often feature in her paintings.

Deferring a Monash University Scholarship in the Faculty of Arts, Glenys followed a career in teaching working in the fields of special education and music. While living along the Broken and Goulburn Rivers in Victoria, Australia, her love of the arts surfaced again, and she began painting.

“Beginning as an artist in the country, although sometimes artistically isolating, usually means that one must develop one’s own artistic solutions, identity and ultimately, style.”

She now lives in Melbourne, Australia, and finds the interaction with other artists, and exposure to art in galleries, stimulating in accelerating the development of her art from its original base.

Her intuitive, interpretative approach developed, resulting in many national awards, an international award, and inclusion in the book “Feather & Brush – Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art”, by Dr. Penny Olsen.
In 2003, Clarke Galleries, USA, invited her to exhibit in “IV Centuries of Birds in Art”, an international exhibition, her work representing free expression.
In 2008 two of her paintings were chosen as finalists in “An International Exhibition of Nature in Art” at the Hiram Blauvert Art Museum, USA.

“Line is my main means of communication and I like to suggest, to leave something for the viewer to fill in, to wonder about - a little mystery, inviting the viewer to participate.”

Glenys’ medium presents many challenges, and she pushes the possibilities to the extreme. She likes to challenge the accepted view of wildlife art to swing between the figurative and the abstract, always with art the main objective in her interpretation.

“My inspiration comes from the sheer joy, unpredictability and excitement of combining handmade paper, water, thick juicy gouache paint and sensitive soft brushes. I like to interpret what I see with my own subjective vision of the subject, coloured by my feelings and memories. It is the artistic, creative process, as well as the subject matter which is my inspiration.”

Interpretative and intuitive, her work has been variously described as contemplative, rhythmic and adventurous.
“Those roos, full of the light and warmth of the Oz landscape….the way they are here and then not here is so evocative of the transient nature of life.” Steve Morvell. Wildlife Artist.

Glenys’ distinctive visions of the natural world have been exhibited in USA, Germany, Japan and China.

Her works in Victoria, Australia, are exhibited at Makers Mark Gallery, Collins Street, Melbourne and The Convent Gallery, Daylesford.

SELECTED AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS:

Artists for Conservation Signature Member

2010: Solo Exhibition, Au naturel, Drawing the Nude, The Convent Gallery, Daylesford, Australia
2008: Finalist for The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum
2008: Finalist International Exhibition of Nature in Art, Hiram Blauvelt Art Museum,USA
2007: Finalist Corangamarah Art Prize Con.ceit’ 07 Australia
2007: Invitation Group Exhibition, Wildlife Art @ Discovery, Canberra, ACT
2006: Invitation Group Exhibition, Guangzhou International Art Fair, Southern China, Australian Pavilion. Authorized by the National Ministry of Culture, People’s Republic of China
2006: Bronze Medal Award, Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Finalists Exhibition, Melbourne
2005: Finalist for The Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize, South Australian Museum. Highly Commended. Included in the awarded works for exhibiting at the National Archives in Canberra
2005: Invited to become a Signature Member of Artists for Conservation, which has a limited membership of 500 international nature artists
2003: Invitation Group Exhibition, IV Centuries of Birds in Art Exhibit, Clarke Galleries, Vermont, Florida, & New York City, USA
2003: Gold Medal Award, Wildlife Art Society of Australasia’s Annual Exhibition, Melbourne
2003 -2010: An exhibiting core artist at Makers Mark, 464 Collins Street, Melbourne
2002: Invitation Group Exhibition, Fathom Wildlife Conservation, International Art Expo, New York, USA
2002: Exhibition, Art Affairs Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
2001: Exhibition, Art Affairs Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne,Australia
2000: Published in “Feather & Brush” Three Centuries of Australian Bird Art, by Dr Penny Olsen
2000: Included in Exhibition of Award Winning Wildlife Artists’ Work, Queens Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne, Australia
2000: Selected for Faber-Castell Australian Wildlife Exhibition, Stein,Germany
1999: Best Gouache, Inaugural International Wildlife Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
1999&2000 : The Micador Award for Best Watercolour, Wildlife Art Society of Australasia’s Annual Exhibition, Melbourne
1998: The Inner Eye Award for Innovative and Imaginative work, Wildlife Art Society of Australasia's Annual Exhibition, Melbourne
1996,98&99: Shared Exhibitions, with sculptor Donald Glue, Art Affairs Gallery, Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
1996: Invitation Shared Exhibition, Ramsar National Wetlands, Art & Photographic Exhibition, Brisbane, Australia
1993 to 2003: Invitation Group Exhibition, Eltham Wiregrass Gallery,
Melbourne, Australia
1991: Group Exhibition, NSW Wildlife Information and Rescue Service, Artists for Wildlife Exhibition,Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
1991: The Micador Award (oils), Wildlife Art Society of Australasia's Annual Exhibition, Melbourne
1986: The Geoff Douglas Award (watercolour), Wildlife Art Society of Australasia's Annual Exhibition, Melbourne
1986: Selected Shared Exhibition, Goshen Shi School of Japanese Painting, Fukui City, Japan
1984: Invitation Shared Exhibition, The Wildlife Gallery and Bookpress, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
1983: The Hutchinson Award for Drawing, Wildlife Art Society of Australasia's Annual Exhibition, Melbourne