Blue Mountains Artists Connection: Member Profile

Gerlinde Thomas

Painter
Phone: 0430 540 635
Fax: 4782 2440
http://www.gerlinde.com.au

Art by Gerlinde

Gerlinde Thomas was born (of Austrian parents) and raised in Melbourne, Victoria. During her teens she enjoyed sketching, but did not have a lot of time to indulge her creative side.

From the age of 21 she worked in Information Technology in Europe and the US.

Following her return to Australia, she moved to Sydney with a large multinational computer company continuing in her Marketing role. In 1996 she moved to the Blue Mountains and in partnership with her husband, started a Web Design and development business.

In January 2008 she had a strong desire to reinvigorate her creative side and
began to sketch and dabble with Acrylics. Gerlinde now prefers Oils, providing
more fluidity and creating greater depth to her work.

Her favorite genre is figurative, with a focus on the female form. Although there has been and continues to be a lot of controversy over creative expression, Gerlinde believes that it is important to see the human, in particular the female form as a beautiful creation and as an emerging artist she strives to paint women with warmth, beauty, depth and passion.

To see some of Gerlindes work, Click here