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marilyn townsend - artist in mixed media - home page website after painting and drawing all my life i graduated in art with distinction at teacher training college in england and then went on to gain city & guilds advanced certificate in embroidery with distinction, specialising in freehand machining. in 1978 i moved to adelaide and armed with niy certificates and samples, was given work by george gross the fashion designer who trusted me with his beautiful dress fabrics for embroidery. two years later in sydney i began teaching both in bernina centres and in personal groups. my work includes acrylic painted canvas panels that are then embellished with fabrics and machining, fashion, including textile jewellery, decor and now have prints and greeting cards of these. exhibitions and awards for over 20 years i have taken part in 3- solo exhibitions, numerous group exhibitions latterly based around melbourne and the mornington peninsula where i live. i am a past member of the professional textile art group hurrah! and the peninsula studio trail, and present member of the peninsula studio trail & textile group there, australian decorative & fine arts society and embroiderers guild victoria. i have written two books on machine embroidery and design, had several articles included in australian textile magazines & the emproidery magazine in britain, have taught freehand machining in schools as visiting artist and tutored the intermediate certificate in machine embroidery for the eg. victoria. i have been invited as guest artist in the inaugural 'splash' art in mt. waverley, and won several best mixed media awards. i have work in britain, france, south africa, canada as well as australia. i love all aspects of nature from the sea to the countryside, whether the cooler colours of england where i grew up, or the intense light and colour of australia. much of my inspiration comes from camping experiences in the australian outback, underwater scenes from snorkelling in the gre