Central Coast Artist Ingeborg Stiefel is the featured artist at the Summer exhibition at Heatherbrae Pies at Ourimbah.
Stiefel has been living on the Central Coast for 25 years.
She has a background in clinical psychology and child psychotherapy.
Recently retired, she has been able to focus more strongly on her art, which she has enjoyed all her life.
Teachers including Russell Austin, Jon Ellis and Alice Haigh Jones have helped Stiefel develop technical skills and spontaneous expression in drawing and painting.
Stiefel enjoys the Australian landscapes and oceans, often represented in her work, and prefers a somewhat loose style with generous brush strokes and less emphasis on detail.
She has sold her work in Germany and Australia and one of her landscapes was a highly commended finalist in the Grandma Moses exhibition in 2023.
She won the people’s choice award in 2023 at the 20×20 exhibition in Gosford.
Also exhibiting in the Summer exhibition, which runs throughout December and until January 31, are Glenda McLachlan, Barbara Hayhurst and photographer Michele Bailey.
There is also a selection of local crafts on display for sale.
There is something for everyone in the lovely spacious dining area café upstairs at Heatherbrae Pies, offering premium pies, quality coffee and sweet treats.
The pies are made onsite every day from fresh, local ingredients.
The exhibition is open daily from 9am-3pm with stairs or lift access to the gluten free café upstairs at 207 Pacific Hwy, Ourimbah.
I am v interested in exhibiting in your Gallery. I am teaching art (and have taught professionally for any years) and would love to be able to exhibit my own works plus those of my adult students.