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Louise Saunders OAM (Watercolour, Pastels)

After spending 4.5 years as the Artist in Residence at Couran Cove Island Resort on the Gold Coast, Louise developed her passion for ecoscience and wildlife with expeditions for EarthWatch, learning Bayik painting in Thailand and Borneo to work on illustrations for an identification key guide.

In 2015 Louise was part of the inaugural Artist in Residence programme at the Ecoscience Precinct at Dutton Park in Brisbane. She is a member of the Botanic Artists' Sociaty of Queensland, the Queensland Wildlife Artists' Society Inc and the Pastel Society of Australia. Louise is an artists and illustrator who is recognised as a specialist in botanicla and natural history subjects and was recognised for her wildlife work with the medal of the Order of Australia.