Agnes Parcesepe

Agnes had her first Solo Painting Exhibition, at the Cotham Gallery 101 in Kew in November 2002. She paints under the name of Agili, and her works often include a small Seahorse hidden in the composition.

After studying with artists such as Alan Close, Nell Frysteen and Walter Magilton, she developed her own style, with which to produce unusual paintings, for the enjoyment of buyers.

Although primarily a watercolourist, Agnes likes to work in acrylic, oil, pastels and ink. She believes that practising in all mediums, allows her to develop skills and techniques, to use in the creation of her own unique works of art. Agnes wanted to come up with some unusual and unique paintings that would make a lasting impression on viewers.

She has developed a special interest in mixed media paintings, incorporating multicoloured material layers, silk, ribbons and various fabrics and beads, for a three dimensional effect for cityscapes, sky-lined against rich, vibrant watercolour skies. In particular her watercolours can take up of fourteen layers of carefully applied individual hues. Agnes’s use of watercolour washes has received local, regional, national and international recognition.

Agnes uses her own photographs of her favourite city, Melbourne, to capture the different times of day and the colours that the city displays, to guide her interpretation of city scenes. She has also produced mixed media creations of other cities for commissioned works.

Agnes uses pigment to achieve moody dynamic skies and textures, for colourful buildings, to support her message, her paintings convey the time of day and the atmosphere of the city in a very different way from that normally seen in artistic interpretations.

She works with different media and materials to produce vitally different Abstracts, Still Life, Landscapes and Floral paintings. Some of these are shown on this web-site.

Her paintings have been well accepted in private and corporate collections, in Germany, Italy and Japan. She has travelled to La Palma in the Canary Islands, Argentina, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the Ex-Yugoslavia.

With prices ranging from $300 to $5,000 per painting depending on size, media and time involved in planning, preparation and creation, she believes most people will find something within their budget.

Agnes is a member of the Australian Guild of Realist Artists (AGRA), Whitehorse Arts Association and Sherbrooke Art Society.

Agnes has won a number of awards and prizes including:-

  Award Place Year
Solo Exhibition Cotham Gallery Kew 2002
Hans Heyson Award Sherbrooke Art Society 2002
First Prize Lilydale Spring Show 2002
Highly Commended Lilydale Spring Show 2002
Highly Commended Life Drawing, Whitehorse Arts Association. 2004
Highly Commended Portrait Study, Box Hill Art Exhibition. 2003
Commended Abstract Section, Whitehorse Arts Association. 2004
Highly Commended Expressionist Painting, Whitehorse Arts Association 2004
Highly Commended Brushline Drawing, Whitehorse Arts Association. 2005
Peoples Choice Award Box Hill Art Group. 2005
Highly Commended Black & White Line Drawing, Sherbrooke Art Society. 2005
First Prize Abstract Challenge Art Show, Whitehorse Arts Association. 2005
Commended AGRA Summer Show. 2005
Highly Commended Stony Creek Studio Exhibition 2005
Highly Commended Emerald Art Show 2006
First Prize Watercolour Section, Ivanhoe Grammar Art Show 2007
Highly Commended AGRA Summer Show  2007


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