'Red
Cliffs' by Margaret McEntee
Margaret’s gift of observation and the ability to draw gained her
recognition during her school years. She attended Saturday morning Art
classes and Secondary Schooling at the Girls Central Art School.
Employment followed as a Showcard Writer and Display Artist at a large
city store.
Margaret is a Fellow of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts,
President of the Ocean Art Gallery, Victor Harbor, a member of the
Southern Districts Art Society and the Pastel Artists South Australia.
She conducts demonstrations and workshops for painting groups in
Adelaide and country areas. Her paintings are in most Australian States
and seven overseas countries with special purchases made by Australia
Post and the AMP Society and commissions for the covers of two published
books.
From 1971 – 1980 Margaret gained many prizes at API Art Salons; also
Highly Commended Awards, City of Brighton Art Exhibition 1985 and
Mitcham Village Art Exhibition 1991. In 1995 Margaret took part in a
“Three Women Artists” exhibition and in 2003 held a successful solo
exhibition, both at Lombard Gallery. In 2008 she was one of the
exhibiting Pastel Artists of South Australia at Greenhill Galleries in
Adelaide. Her work is on sale at Art Vault Gallery in Mildura and
at the Ocean Art Gallery in Victor Harbor. She also regularly exhibits
in the annual SALA Festivals. Margaret has been a finalist in eight
consecutive “Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape” Exhibitions and
gained two awards.
2009
Best in Show (Acquisitive) Campbelltown Rotary Art Show
Special Commendation, Pastel, Clare Rotary Art Show.
Highly Commended Award, Pastel, Blackwood Rotary Art Show
First Prize, Drawings and Pastels, Kapunda Rotary Art Show
2008
First Prize, Pastel, Clare Rotary Art Exhibition
Merit Award, Oil, Campbelltown Rotary Art Exhibition
High Distinction Award, Pastel, Meningie Art Show
Commended Award, Pastel, Royal Adelaide Show
2007
Commendation Award, Clare Rotary Art Exhibition
First Prize, Pastel, Second Prize, Pastel, Royal Adelaide Show
Very Highly Commended Award and Highly Commended Award, Freemasons Art
Exhibition
2006
Highly Commended Prize, Open Landscape, Dalrymple
Rotary Art Show, Mildura
First Prize, Other Medium, (Pastel), Campbelltown Rotary Art Show
Highly Commended Award, Blackwood Rotary Art Exhibition
Best of Exhibition - Over All Prize (Pastel); First Prize Open Section
Pastel, Meningie Art Show
Third Prize, The Freemasons Art Exhibition, Adelaide
Prize for Best Regional Artist, The Hahndorf Academy’s “The Heysen Prize
for Australian Landscape”
First Prize, Open Landscape, Southern Agricultural Soc Inc Annual Show
2005
Award, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Inc., Art for Children
Exhibition
Joint Third Prize, The Freemasons Inaugural Art Exhibition. First Prize,
Pastel, Meningie Art Show
Second Prize, Pastel, Yankalilla Show
2004
Commendation Award, Clare Rotary Art Exhibition. Highly Commended Award,
Blackwood Rotary Art Show
Encouragement Award, Meningie Art Exhibition. First Prize, Pastel, Royal
Adelaide Show
First Prize, Open Section; First Prize, Oil/Acrylic, Langhorne Creek
Wine Industry Art Exhibition
First Prize, Fleurieu Peninsula Theme; First Prize Pastel; First Prize
Still Life; Second Prize Oil or Acrylic, Southern Agricultural Society
Inc. Annual Show
First Prize, Spring Garden Festival, Victor Harbor
2003
First Prize, Best in Exhibition Award; Two Second Prizes; a Third Prize
and a Merit Award at the Southern Agricultural Society Inc Annual Show.
Commended Award, Pastel, Royal Adelaide Show
2002
First Prize, Pastel, Langhorne Creek Wine Industry Inaugural Exhibition.
Highly Commended Award, Campbelltown Rotary Art Exhibition. Second
Prize, Southern Agricultural Society Inc. Annual Show
2001
Highly Commended Drawing Prize, Pastel, The Hahndorf Academy’s “Heysen
Prize for Australian Landscape”