Tutors

Christina left her role as a Commercial Operations Manager in the end of 2011 to pursue intensive training in drawing and painting.

She is currently building a career as a portrait artist and painter of bespoke commissions.

Her main focus is on portraiture, working mostly from life, using oils in the Alla Prima method. She enjoys the challenge of capturing the observable, the hidden and the inferred, as evidenced in a sitter’s face and environment.

While classically trained in Sydney and London, she adds her own expressive touches to her works - combining the real with the imagined and experiments with different media. She also paints landscapes, still life and large abstract works. 

 Michael Simms is a multi-award winning artist based in Sydney. Born in Adelaide, he completed degrees in psychology and film at Flinders University.

Michael's art demonstrates an deep command of classical skills combined with a contemporary perspective on his subjects.

For any student he provides a strong ability to help you develop your technique and approach to art as well as practical guidance on developing your career as a professional artis.

Sam's students benefit learning from her exceptionally strong skills in drawing and painting.

She has won the Hornsby Art Prize Emerging Artists Award & was First Place in the Hornsby Young Artists Competition.

Samantha attends University of New South Wales (College of Fine Arts) and enrolled in a double degree of  Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Arts, and was previously a student at Sydney Art School.

Daniel has been working in the jewellery trade for just over 10 years, predominately in design and hand making of platinum or gold diamond rings. He is one of Australia's leading craftsman using the Japanese art of Mokume-gane which fuses several layers of differently coloured precious metals to create stunning laminated patterns in handcrafted jewellery.

International art jeweler, whose works are mosty recognized by the use of insects as part of the jewelry.

The artist creates in a style inspired by the early XX century art, calling it “the new art nouveau”.

Her creativity shows characteristic etherealness, dynamics and an intentional lack of symmetry. Strongly inspired by entomology, botany, biochemistry, astrophysics, graphic arts and ethnology.

After initially building a succesful career in the corporate sector Sue has moved into the world of visual arts where she has specialised in pottery and silver jewellery.

Sue has been Certified as an Advanced Instructor and assessor for Art Clay Silver and also tutors children's classes in painting and drawing.

Sue also holds the position of Studio Manager at Sydney Art School.

Varry holds a Diploma of Visual Arts, Certificate in Training and assessment, a Certified Art Clay Instructor and Assessor. One of our Senior children's tutor's who has students across four of our studio's Varry is an exhibiting artist and works in all forms of art ... painting, drawing, mixed media, sculpture, printmaking and jewellery.

A natural communicator. Varry's students find that her breadth of experience creates a balanced perspective in her teaching and helps them to explore multiple creative options.

Primarily a portrait and landscape artist,  Tam was also awarded first prize in the 2016 inaugural ‘Art on the walk’ competition at the Henry Deane Plaza with his work ‘People of the Plaza’. This work involved a series of 12 life portraits completed over a 5 day period.

Tam’s practice is mainly grounded in the mediums of oil, pastel, gouache and watercolour.

Tam has studied at the East Sydney Art Academy and Julian Ashton Art School. He was awarded the John Olsen Scholarship in 2010.

Jules is a silversmith and jeweller.

Metal Clay & Silversmithing are her two artist passions.  Jules uses a variety of traditional techniques in her work but her favourite things to create is mixed medium pieces made from both metal clay & precious metals such as sterling silver & gold.

Teaching & sharing her jewellery passion enables her to interact with people who love what she loves & that's such a beautiful thing.

Ben Ryan a portrait artist based in Sydney, Australia. His work is grounded in the classical tradition and he has studied painting at both the Julian Ashton Art School and the Florence Academy of Art.

In his work, Ben aims to engage with a lineage of Australian portrait artists while also imbuing his pictures with light effects most closely associated with the Dutch Golden Age of art.

Tim is a multi-media artist and music producer and is currently studying for his Diploma of Visual Arts at Sydney Art School.

Artist ... turned succesful designer/businesswoman ... turned artist ... as a role model and mentor Olena has a great deal to offer for both young and mature students of art.

Olena is a consultant tutor and course Director for Children's Classes at Sydney Art School.

Her list of awards is impressive and grows at a rate faster than we can keep up with.

Her style while grounded in classical fine arts is distinctly contemporary displaying strong design skills often using architectural or industrial subjects with surreal interpretations. 

Anita is a qualified Visual Art Teacher and for the past 11 years Anita has practiced as an Artist and Art Teacher. Primarily working in painting and drawing mediums, she paints commissions for private clientele, businesses and government and has completed, managed and collaborated with other artists to paint murals at 'Allphones Arena' and at Primary Schools

A prolific artists, lovable rogue and entertainer. Gary loves to communicate with his students and help them to connect to a vibrant and colorful outback.

He once rode a motorcylce around Australia ... funding his trip by by paintings he created sold and bartered during his 9 month adventure.

Back in the studio Gary has an ability to help his students discover to a new way of seeing and representing their subject matter in their own artistic style.

Sydney Art School continues to grow and we are always on the lookout for great tutors.

The quality of our tutors is a key ingredient in the success of the School. 

The School engages tutors on a sessional basis, & our team of tutors includes graduates of Sydney Art School,  professional teachers and qualified trainers and even some university lecturers. 

If you would like to find out more about opportunities to be a tutor at Sydney Art School then we would love to hear from you.