Georgia moved from California to Australia in 1984 to help
her husband develop a Cotton Farm in the Outback. She painted as a creative
outlet and a way to cope with the isolation and loneliness of a new lifestyle
in a strange but fascinating new country. Mansur now resides in the picturesque
wine growing area of Mudgee, NSW.
The artist’s work is a reflection of her emotional response
to the world, painting subjects in an expressive manner. Completing a Bach.
Arts in Communication at CSU Sacramento, Georgia feels art has always been
about Communication~ who I am, who you are and how we are connected through our
humanity. Mansur’s paintings are diverse in subject matter and technique,
displaying her adventurous nature and love of travel, teaching popular painting
workshops all over the world. Mansur is passionate about helping others to
express themselves creatively and giving them access and skills to tell their
own story through their art.
Georgia is a Trained & Certified Golden International
Artist Educator and is experienced in most media but prefers the ease of travel
with Watermedia.
As an official ambassador for Daniel Smith Watercolors, she
created the ‘Georgia Mansur Palette’, an innovative marketing tool and useful
for anyone wishing to express themselves in paint. Mansur is looking forward to
teaching/exhibiting at the Daniel Smith Stores in Seattle in May 2016 and a
solo show of her work in Sydney at Balmoral Beach Bathers Pavillion Nov/Dec
2016.
Georgia is featured In North Light book ‘SPLASH 15’ as one
of the top 100 watermedia artists in the world and spoke at the National Rural
Womens Conference and is recognized as an inspirational leader in her
field. Georgia has been featured many
times in Australian Artist Magazine and was a Keynote Presenter/Faculty in
Watermedia of the Plein Air Convention in Monterey California in April 2015 and
invited back on faculty for 2016 in Tucson, Arizona.
Recently Georgia has been a featured presenter at
Commonwealth Bank’s Women in Business Annual Conference Sheraton Noosa and
ADFAS (Australian Decorative & Fine Arts) Mudgee Branch. Georgia’s work has
been selected to feature in Nita Leland’s upcoming book Exploring Color, a
30-year anniversary celebration of Color.
Mansur has been Artist in Residence 4 yrs on Hamilton
Island/Great Barrier Reef, AIR at Cable Beach Club Resort, Broome, Western
Australia and in 2012 created the Artist in Residence Program for Emirates
Wolgan Valley/Blue Mountains, Australia and returned to be Official Emirates
Artist in Residence again in 2014. In 2015 Mansur is the Cunard Official Artist
in Residence, teaching on board Queen Elizabeth Feb/Mar in Polynesian Islands
and Queen Victoria in Jul/Aug in the Mediterranean. Georgia has been invited to
be special guest of honour and teach a Creativity/Mixed Media Workshop at the
Annual Art Unltd. Event in May 2016 and has a full schedule teaching workshops
around Australia, the USA and Europe in 2016~ see website for dates and
locations.
Memberships: AWS (American Watercolor Society), NWS
(National Watercolor Society), IPAP (Intl Plein Air Painters), LPAPA (Laguna
Plein Air Painters), CAC (California Art Club), AGRA (Australian Guild of
Realist Artists), AWS (Australian Watercolour Society), ISAP (International
Society of Acrylic Painters) ADFA (Australian Decorative & Fine Arts),
Orana Arts Mentor Program and past Board Member Arts Out West.
Hydrangea party, watercolor
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