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    Working Outdoors

    Jan 27, 2020 3 minutes
    Edited by Trevor Lang

    Born in Queensland, Marcia Rea commenced painting full-time during 1983. She designed neon signs after leaving school, before working as an architectural model maker. She was very interested in art from early childhood, so the natural decision to undertake academic training in landscape and portraiture work led her into an enjoyable career.

    Marcia studied landscapes from 1983 to 1987 with Allan Fitzell; and portraiture from 1983 to 1989 with Joshua Smith and Yve

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