Georgina Kinch was born and educated in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Georgina's artistic career began at the age of ten years when she won both first and second prize in a local art show for two traditional landscape paintings. Later, Georgina's yearning to become a full time artist drove her to quit the legal profession where she acted as a Managing Law Clerk and move to Queensland to study with a former student of Sir William Dargie. It was there that she developed and refined her "Max Meldrum" style of subtlety and color and use of light and shade.
"A Gastronomic Delight in Pastels" was the title of her first major exhibition in Mosman, Sydney in 1985, it's success being a springboard for Georgina to move to Paris, France and then to the small town of Chatenay-Malabry, the home of D'Artagnan the Musketeer, where she lived and painted her favorite subjects of chateaux, forests and fields of flowers. The magnificent Musee D'Orsay proved to be another potent source of inspiration for Georgina.
Soon after returning to Australia, Georgina fulfilled a life-long dream by setting up her own art gallery in Paddington, Sydney, and was thrilled when eighteen of her works were sold on opening night. Georgina keenly promoted both local and overseas artists by holding many successful exhibitions at her "Georgina Kinch Gallery" where she regularly conducted classes in the "Meldrum" method of painting.
In 1991, Georgina was invited to hold a solo exhibition in New Zealand where every one of the thirty paintings exhibited was sold. This is a rare occurrence for any artist. Sellout exhibitions in Bowral, Sydney, "Peppers" in the Hunter Valley and Auckland, New Zealand led to her works being featured in national magazines such as "Country Style", "Interiors" and "House & Garden".
Commissions for portraits, still-life paintings of fruit, flowers and vegetables keep her very busy, her topiaries being in great demand. Georgina has become a specialist in oils, acrylic, gouache and the beautiful and luminous medium of pastel. Her style has evolved from French Provincial to a stylized Realism.
A fine selection of reproductions of her paintings is featured on beautiful glossy-print Greeting cards and gift paper, which are regularly up-dated with her latest works. Georgina Kinch's paintings are included in private collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Holland, the Caribbean and the United States. Her work these days is primarily on commission.
Georgina lives in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales where she combines painting with family life.
