Wonderful Wildlife

Talented South Australian artist Brenda Holden operates the Porter Street Wildlife Gallery in Goolwa and pursues an ongoing passion for painting wildlife subjects – particularly birds.

- Trevor Lang

Brenda Holden spent her formativeyears in the foothills of Adelaide.Hiking around waterfalls in the area, she grew to love the abundant birdlife. While young, she spent many years in Broken Hill and outback Western Australia – all the while developing an appreciation for native wildlife. Her extensive travels in the country and the Australian Outback have lent authenticity to the wildlife habitats depicted in her paintings.

Brenda worked mainly on commissions early in her career, then started to exhibit her work in the late ’90s. After joining the Wildlife Art Society of South Australia in 1996, she received the prize for ‘Best Watercolour’ at the society’s annual exhibition in 1997. She is an exhibiting member of The Wildlife Artist Society of Australasia and the Queensland Wildlife Artists Society; and past President of the Wildlife Art Society of South Australia. Brenda’s work is represented in galleries and collections throughout Australia and Europe.

Brenda Holden’s recent awards are too numerous to mention. They include many prizes at the Royal Adelaide Show and the City of Campbelltown Art Exhibition; and a host of other noteworthy achievements.

Born in Adelaide in 1955, Brenda now resides at Goolwa with her husband, her dog … and ‘Ossie’, her hand-raised Eastern Rosella.