CAS
Featured Artists of
November
Janice O'Neill is the coordinator of the DFO Gallery. Born in Gympie, Queensland, Janice has established herself as a leading artist in Cairns. She is celebrated for her varied artistic approach, working with multiple mediums to create unique pieces that blend playfulness with meaningful depth. Janice studied for a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Visual Culture at Curtin University.
Jeni Bullock, another featured artist currently living in Cairns, is known for her adaptable and wide-ranging artistic style. Her versatility shines through in her use of numerous mediums and techniques. Originally from New Zealand, Jeni’s love of art began in childhood; she was always experimenting with crayons and paints. Her body of work spans acrylics, charcoal drawings, mixed media, and sculpture.
Pat Wilson
Pat is a self taught artist who has been painting only since 2000, when her sisters presented her with paints and an easel for her 60th birthday, because they said she could draw well as a child and that they thought her talent was being wasted.
She joined the Cairns Art Society in 2002, and displayed some of her works in group exhibitions at the Tanks Art Gallery, and at Art on Aplin in Cairns where she won awards.
Pat was successful when she exhibited work in the Cairns Art Society’s Cairns Regional Gallery in 2002 winning the Warren Enstch Award for Local Landscape with her “Lake Morris, Copperlode Dam” entry.
Pat presented a solo exhibition “Windows to the North” at Art on Aplin in 2004.
Her work involves mostly old buildings, flora, fauna, and the magnificent scenery of Far North Queensland. She dabbled in water colour and oils but found that acrylic is the most practical medium to use in this humid climate.
Pat was fortunate to receive a commission by the Croydon, Qld. Shire Council to paint twelve paintings of turn of the 20th century Croydon buildings for their Q150 celebrations in 2008. Those paintings are displayed in the Court House Museum in Croydon.
The Cairns Art Society accepted an offer to open a Gallery in the DFO Shopping Centre in 2009 where Pat has been volunteering her shifts and exhibiting there ever since. She has been very successful with sales at the gallery, and her volunteering involved becoming Vice President of Cairns Art Society for some years. She handled the Gallery Bookkeeping for many years, and also organised the duty roster for about 60 volunteers from 2010 right up until 2025. She was also involved in the organisation of the annual Tanks and Regional Gallery Exhibitions.
In 2023 she was awarded a Life Membership to the Cairns Art Society, and is still involved at the DFO Gallery.