Outstanding Australian artist Trisha Lambi shows off her best nudes at Kerala Gallery, Northcote, Melbourne

Outstanding Australian oil artist Trisha Lambi shows some of her best nudes at Kerala Gallery, Northcote in Melbourne this month.

Lambi became a fulltime artist after her second child started kindergarten in 2003.

As well as Florence, in Italy, she has successfully exhibited in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Wollongong and her works are in private collections in Australia, Spain, China, Germany, Ireland, Canada, Cyprus and the United States.

Lambi has won many art awards in Australia and around the world. One of her works as been selected in The Money Myth Exhibition presented by the Toyota Community Spirit Gallery in Melbourne.

Her painting for the 2006-2007 Guangzhou Art Fairs in China was selected to represent Australia in all advertising for the event.

Another of Lambi’s figurative works, ‘The Ballet Roche’, has been selected to be part of the Five Senses exhibition and will travel and be seen throughout Australia this year and next.

Lambi has been accepted for inclusion in the English language publication of Who's Who in Visual Art 2008—2009.

Another Lambi painting, Nude Whimsy, was selected in the international juried exhibition Au Naturel—the Nude in the 21st Century in Oregon, USA.

Lambi spoke today about the emotions and feelings of the women in her paintings.

“The women in my paintings feel and face pain and in my landscapes a deep emotion is evoked. This emotion comes as I paint and subconsciously it dictates the creation of each facet of the painting – the palette, the background, and the brushstrokes. Each piece takes me on a journey, sometimes unwelcome but always illuminating,” Lambi said.

Lambi paints while her children are at school. Her oil painting challenges and excites her.

``When I’m painting, I’m in another world. I love it! I love light on form and I love to try

and capture emotion subtly. It’s also great meeting people who have a real affinity or connection with the work I create. It’s quite a bond and I treasure it.

``I started doing portraits of my son and progressed to starting a small business doing portraits for other people. I also found time to start oil painting - before this I had painted only three or four paintings so it was a steep learning curve but I loved it. I want to keep painting until I'm very old - if I had to stop I know a part of me would die. Next to my family, it is everything to me.’’

Lambi grew up on a farm near Warwick on the Darling Downs in Queensland. She is the second youngest of eight children and the youngest of five daughters. But it was not until her son was born in 1996 that she started to take her art seriously.