Anthea Tomkins

Anthea was born in 1946 and studied at Melbourne College of Advanced Education and Melbourne University.

Her interests in arts and crafts have evolved over many years. These have included making and designing her own clothes, painting, making pottery, spinning and weaving yarns and making furniture. She has acquired considerable artistic and technical skills over a number of years in creating multi-media textile crafts and sculptures. She has had her work displayed in various exhibitions, including one solo, and at one stage was professionally employed in furniture making.

Anthea has used and experimented with many of Australia's natural resources producing a wide range of diverse and interesting pieces. Her works display both technical skill and elegance, as well as a sense of the outrageous.

She has worked as a primary and special school teacher integrating art into the acquisition of communication and language skills.

Anthea is an avid bushwalker and cross country skier and is vitally interested in all aspects of the environment. Her paintings reflect a deep appreciation of Australian wilderness.