Nita
Trevor: Biography
b.
Malaysia
Migrated
to Australia 1990
Ten
years ago Nina suffered a severe burn injury and spent time at the Alfred
Hospital recovering. Nita was an A-class art student at school, however, it was
during her hospital stay that she participated in art therapy classes and
reignited her passion for the arts.
“My first picture was of an
angel. It took the pain away and I’ve never looked back.”
At
times of loneliness when revisiting childhood trauma, Nita has courageously
turned to her art making as a healing process.
In
2003 Nita previously exhibited at the Richmond Uniting Church.
For
the past three years Nita has been a regular attendee of The Exchange Program
in Coburg, where she has been working on painting, drawing and mosaics. Earlier
this year Nita also joined Artstop SRS Open Studios. Nita is a prolific and
talented artist of great enthusiasm.
Artist Statement: Escape To
Peace
Escape
To Peace is a series of delightful scenic watercolour paintings depicting beautiful
places the world over. Remarkably, Nita is able to use the very act of art
making to enable her to escape from physical and emotional pain and escape to
imagined places where she can find peace. The joy she finds there is apparent
in her paintings, which capture the splendor of nature, the vastness of space
and the beauty of light.
“I suffer from depression.
When I look at the pictures I teleport into the painting and smell the flowers.
I can go to Tassie where it’s freezing cold when it’s hot here as I’m painting.
I went to a pink sandy beach in Perth, all by myself and sun baked. Being in
the painting makes me feel good. “
