Day Bed (Siesta Dream)
acrylic on canvas
61 x 76 cm
2024
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Day Bed (Siesta Dream) by Melitta Perry
Red Dragonfly Dusk
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2023
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Red Dragonfly Dusk by Melitta Perry
Parson Finches (A Congregation)
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 cm
2022
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Parson Finches (A Congregation) by Melitta Perry
Mirror View (Kinship)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2024
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Mirror View (Kinship) by Melitta Perry
Pink Sky Moon (Cranes)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2023
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Pink Sky Moon (Cranes) by Melitta Perry
Long-view (Paradise Parrots)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2023
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Long-view (Paradise Parrots) by Melitta Perry
Bush Theatre (Sirens)
acrylic on canvas
81 x 101 cm
2023
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Bush Theatre (Sirens) by Melitta Perry
Echo In The Halflight
acrylic on canvas
107 x 137 cm
2023
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Echo In The Halflight by Melitta Perry
Water Ballet (Brolgas)
acrylic on canvas
81 x 101 cm
2023
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Water Ballet (Brolgas) by Melitta Perry
Wild Horses (High Country)
acrylic on canvas
81 x 101 cm
2023
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Wild Horses (High Country) by Melitta Perry
Concerto (Pollinating The Orchard)
acrylic on canvas
81 x 101 cm
2023
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Concerto (Pollinating The Orchard) by Melitta Perry
The Summer Room (Poinciana Shade)
acrylic on canvas
50 x 60 cm
2022
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The Summer Room (Poinciana Shade) by Melitta Perry
Sonata (Lyrebird Dawn)
acrylic on canvas
108 x 138 cm
2022
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Sonata (Lyrebird Dawn) by Melitta Perry
Great Egret Song (Nuptial Plume)
acrylic on canvas
108 x 138 cm
2022
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Great Egret Song (Nuptial Plume) by Melitta Perry
Bush Matinee (The Royal Box)
acrylic on canvas
108 x 138 cm
2022
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Bush Matinee (The Royal Box) by Melitta Perry
Hearthplace (Pheasant Coucals)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2022
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Hearthplace (Pheasant Coucals) by Melitta Perry
Crown Land (Lyre-bird Song)
acrylic on canvas
71 x 84 cm
2022
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Crown Land (Lyre-bird Song) by Melitta Perry
Country Pitch (Black Cockatoos)
acrylic on canvas
71 x 84 cm
2022
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Country Pitch (Black Cockatoos) by Melitta Perry
Free Range (Eastern Bristle Birds)
acrylic on canvas
40 x 50 cm
2022
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Free Range (Eastern Bristle Birds) by Melitta Perry
Wallangarra Dream (the gauge change)
acrylic on canvas
71 x 84 cm
2022
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Wallangarra Dream (the gauge change) by Melitta Perry
An Aside (Orange-Bellied Parrots)
acrylic on canvas
50 x 40 cm
2022
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An Aside (Orange-Bellied Parrots) by Melitta Perry
Birdwatching (Regent Honeyeaters)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2022
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Birdwatching (Regent Honeyeaters) by Melitta Perry
Star Finch Tapestry
acrylic on canvas
40 x 50 cm
2022
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Star Finch Tapestry by Melitta Perry
Black Cockatoos (Rain Feather)
acrylic on canvas
40 x 50 cm
2022
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Black Cockatoos (Rain Feather) by Melitta Perry
Cockatoos (Bush Telegraph)
acrylic on canvas
40 x 50 cm
2022
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Cockatoos (Bush Telegraph) by Melitta Perry
Eden Song (Paradise Parrots)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2022
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Eden Song (Paradise Parrots) by Melitta Perry
Breeze In The Long Grass (A Home-coming)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2022
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Breeze In The Long Grass (A Home-coming) by Melitta Perry
Bush Opera (crown land)
acrylic on canvas
91 x 101 cm
2021
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Bush Opera (crown land) by Melitta Perry
Tall Tales (Memory Pool)
acrylic on linen
84 x 101 cm
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Tall Tales (Memory Pool) by Melitta Perry
Water Moon, Tyagarah (Nine Egrets)
acrylic and glaze on paper
70 x 90 cm
2021
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Water Moon, Tyagarah (Nine Egrets) by Melitta Perry
Parliament Hill (The Speaker’s Chaiir)
acrylic on canvas
71 x 84 cm
2020
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Parliament Hill (The Speaker’s Chaiir) by Melitta Perry
The Beekeeper’s Wife
acrylic on canvas
71 x 84 cm
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The Beekeeper’s Wife by Melitta Perry
Community Hall (a sighting)
acrylic on canvas
71 x 84 cm
2020
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Community Hall (a sighting) by Melitta Perry
Telling the Bees (secrets and white lies)
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101cm
2020 finalist in The Ravenswood Women's Art Prize
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Telling the Bees (secrets and white lies) by Melitta Perry
Desert Flood ( A Honeymoon)
acrylic and glaze on canaletto paper
70 x 90 cm
2020
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Desert Flood ( A Honeymoon) by Melitta Perry
A Chance Of Scattered Showers
acrylic on linen
72 x 84 cm
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A Chance Of Scattered Showers by Melitta Perry
Storm Front (Umbrella Tree)
acrylic on linen
35 x 45 cm
2018
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Storm Front (Umbrella Tree) by Melitta Perry
Queen Street (Lineage)
acrylic on linen
40 x 50 cm
2018
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Queen Street (Lineage) by Melitta Perry
The Woolshed (Bougainvillea)
acrylic on linen
30 x 35 cm
2018
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The Woolshed (Bougainvillea) by Melitta Perry
Last Days of Summer
acrylic on canvas
84 x 101 cm
2018
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Last Days of Summer by Melitta Perry
Summer Breeze (Dandelion Shower)
acrylic on linen
20 x 25 cm
2017
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Summer Breeze (Dandelion Shower) by Melitta Perry
Summer Breeze (Gardenia’s)
acrylic on linen
35 x 40 cm
2017
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Summer Breeze (Gardenia’s) by Melitta Perry
Summer Breeze (Honey Blossom)
acrylic on linen
20 x 25 cm
2017
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Summer Breeze (Honey Blossom) by Melitta Perry
Dust Storm (Cicada and Desert Rose)
acrylic on linen
35.5 x 45.5 cm
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Dust Storm (Cicada and Desert Rose) by Melitta Perry
Queen Bee (Mirror Mirror)
acrylic on linen
35.5 x 45.5 cm
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Queen Bee (Mirror Mirror) by Melitta Perry
Figure Head (Queen Bee)
acrylic on linen
35 x 30 cm
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Figure Head (Queen Bee) by Melitta Perry
A Chance Of Scattered Showers II
acrylic on linen
100 x 140 cm
2017
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A Chance Of Scattered Showers II by Melitta Perry
2013 BA Visual Arts (Painting) Southern Cross University
1995 Southern Cross University Lismore – Visual Arts – Painting
1990 Ambler & Haycraft Architectural Rendering – Trained as architectural illustrator
2000 Guest Lecturer (in illustration) University of Wales Cardiff (UWIC)
2025 New Works, Anthea Polson Art, QLD (upcoming May)
2023 Echoes, Anthea Polson Art, QLD
2022 Weaving The Borderlands, Anthea Polson Art, QLD
2018 The Quickening, Anthea Polson Art, Gold Coast, QLD
2011 Postcards From Offshore, Lorraine Pilgrim @ Retrospect Galleries, Gold Coast QLD
2008 Fable Lands, Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast QLD
2007 Back & Beyond, Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2006 Small Histories, Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2005 A Week in the Desert & Other Stories, Barebones Art Space Bangalow NSW
2019 Artist’s Choice Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2018 Little Treasures, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2017 Small Gifts, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2016 Artist’s Choice, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2015 Precious Things Come In Small Parcels Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2014 Miniatures – A Christmas Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2013 The Colour Red – Christmas Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2012 The Artist Revealed Christmas Self Portrait Exhibition, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2011 Border Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2010 Festivite Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2010 Directors Choice Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2008 Border Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2007 Festivite Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2006 Directors Choice Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2005 Border Art Prize Gold Coast City Art Gallery
2005 Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2004 Catherine Asquith Gallery Melbourne
2003 P.A.N “My Place” Byron Bay Community Centre
2003 Border Art Prize Gold Coast City Gallery
2001 New Art Exhibition (feature Artist) Albany Gallery Cardiff Wales UK
2001 International Women’s Day Exhibition Cardiff Wales UK
2001 Welsh Artist of the Year Exhibition St David’s Hall Cardiff UK
2000 International Women’s Day Exhibition Cardiff Wales UK
1999 Cardiff Bay Art Festival Cardiff Wales UK
1997 Oriel Makers Summer Exhibition Cardiff Wales UK
1997 Spring Garden Exhibition Washington Gallery Cardiff Wales UK
2024 Finalist – Glover Prize, Tasmania
2021 Finalist – Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize (professional artist section), NSW
2020 Finalist – Calleen Art Prize, NSW
2019 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2018 Invited Finalist – Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize, Brisbane
2015 Winner – Council Acquisitive Prize – Byron Arts Classic
2013 William Fletcher Foundation Tertiary Grant
2012 Wilson Art Award – finalist
2012 Coraki Art Prize – Winner (painting)
2012 Border Art Prize – finalist
2009 Country Energy Selected Finalists Lismore Regional Gallery and Chifley Towers Sydney
2008 Country Energy Selected Finalists Dubbo Regional Gallery and The Gunnery Sydney
2005 Metro 5 Art Prize – finalist
2005 Portia Geach Memorial Award – finalist
2001 Western Mail Arts Review, Cardiff Wales UK
2006 MX City Beat Melbourne
2007 Australian Art Collector (issue 40, p.99)
2008 Gold Coast Bulletin Art Review by Marina St Martin
2010 Recent Work (West Coast Ireland & NSW Outback)
2011 Ocean Road Magazine review by Brian Usher
2022 Artist Profile Magazine; Melitta Perry Weaving The Borderlands Exhibition feature Melitta Perry – Artist Profile
May 31, 2025 - June 14, 2025
September 23, 2023 - October 7, 2023
April 30, 2022 - May 14, 2022
May 26, 2018 - June 9, 2018
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