Hello, my name is Jacqueline Scotcher and I’m a practicing artist based in Northern NSW, Bundjalung land. I’m interested in making art about what it feels like moving through and connecting with particular environments. Painted surfaces build up over time with emotive colour and texture being key. A path motif and horizons in various forms have emerged as a recurring features my painting over time. The abstract works aim to allude to familiar rhythms from the landscape yet provide space for mind wandering and connections with personal internal terrains.
“I use art as a way to connect with my direct experience, my bodily presence. At a time when lifestyles are increasingly digitally-mediated and disconnected from the local, I see this connection as vital.”
Jacqueline has completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts (2009), Honours in Creative Industries (2012) and Doctorate in Philosophy (Creative Arts, 2018). She has worked as an artist and educator for the past decade.
Available Artwork:
Artwork available direct from studio Here
Artwork available via fabulous Australian retailers: Art to Art Gallery, Hawthorn, Victoria and Revival Art & Design Gallery, Brisbane & Jumbled Online, Orange, NSW.
Services
Workshops, Artist Talks and mentoring available. Specialising in school syllabus aligned workshops and higher degree research mentoring. Contact with any inquiries, I’d love to hear from you.
Forge Your Creative Path Course & Community is now OPEN FOR ENROLMENT. $148 for life-time access, including monthly zoom sessions. Watch the video below for an overview. See here for all details and to enrol.
Major Projects
2026 Boundary Rider. collaborating with Dane Scotcher (digital animation) to produce a major exhibition displayed at Northern Rivers Community Gallery in January 6th – March 1st 2026. An exhibition summary:
Scotcher and Scotcher believe that connecting with the natural environment’s rhythms is at the threshold of deeper inner knowing. Through a ‘slow’ approach to digital animation and abstract painting, the duo attempt to give credence to these often intangible and quiet internal terrains, which are essential in navigating an increasingly noisy world.
2024 Distract|Attend. Researching the effects of modern media on lifestyles. I’m considering how slowing down and paying attention can be a rebellious act and counterpoint to this contemporary concern. I am pondering how creative flow and mindful attention can help us respond to the often overwhelming issues of our time and live a more empathetic life.
This project’s exhibition was held at Logan Art Gallery, QLD in January-March 2024.
2018 Wayfaring: Painting and Place in the Far North. Doctorate research where I developed a mindful painting-walking methodology as a mode of place-making in the Australian Tropics
