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B RILLIA NT- ON LIN E AUGUS T 2021
ROBERTA SANDEMAN-ALLEN, ARTIST AND CRAFTSWOMAN ✦ Roberta Sandeman-Allen, A Wauchope Community Hub Artist that is very talented and has a passion for all she does.
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orn in England, Roberta has travelled extensively throughout Europe and resided in Germany for some time. She made the move to Sydney, Australia, in 2003 and then moved to beautiful Port Macquarie in 2005 with her husband. They opened Care and Mobility and traded for many years until retirement. Now, Roberta enjoys a somewhat idealistic lifestyle, taking the time to create her eye-catching artworks and interesting needle felt crafts. A lover of all art mediums, Roberta at the moment prefers abstract, watercolour and pen and ink styles. Her artistic side was nurtured from a young age, her parents purchased her an easel and paints at the age of 8 and she has painted ever since. Asked what her favourite style is, Roberta told us abstracts as she enjoys creating patterns and using bright, bold colours. On exhibition at the Wauchope Creative Hub at the moment are two of her works. Almost three dimensional, the abstract paintings are bright and definitely make a statement. Roberta uses a palette knife and acrylic paint to create the textured artworks. She brought with her an example of another style she has taken up: pen
Find Roberta at the Wauchope Creative Hub, contact them:
www.facebook.com/Wauchopecreativehub/ www.instagram.com/wauchopecreativehub/ 87 Cameron Street, Wauchope, NSW 2446
