

Tanya Ashworth
Artist | Teacher
A Bit About Me
Lilly-Lee Teacher since 2021
Tanya Ashworth is a freelance illustrator who uses digital art, acrylic, porcelain and gouache paints in her own practice. Tanya started out in the art world in 1990 with her own business, Sarianti Designs, completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Illustration and Graphic Design in 1991. She has painted alongside fellow artists on community murals and worked with former Southside Art Market Director Debra Hood, assisting with the administration and co-ordination of Southside Artists Inc. Tanya has her own active art practice and is represented by the Underart Gallery in Cairns, Frame Warehouse Ashgrove, Gerbino's Brisbane, and Gallery LaBonne in Cooroy. She regularly exhibits her work locally, between commissions - painting or designing digital art and designs for local businesses, music albums, art, and editorial cartoons.
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Tanya's social awareness and love of guiding others in creative ways, has seen her fulfil roles such facilitating workshops for the local business Road 2 Art at Holland Park, where she worked with primary and pre-primary students, sharing art techniques and allowing them the opportunity to discover their own creativity. Tanya values community service and has always been involved in volunteering her time, offering creative learning to people with additional needs including, Lotus Place (Forgotten Australians) a support and resource centre for adult survivors of childhood abuse; assisting Anglicare where she gauged client's abilities and motor skills to help their social, emotional, and recreational involvement through art; and is currently supporting people with additional needs in the Ipswich area, offering encouragement, support, and techniques to foster a positive enjoyment of art.
While competent across multiple mediums,Tanya most enjoys blending acrylics, playing with depth and light to achieve an almost airbrushed finish, to create the illusion of 3D feel on a 2D surface. She uses water colour paper and balsa wood to enhance these effects. Her works predominately include layered collages, bold abstract designs, semi-realistic paintings and photorealism.
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