Myffie Coady is a self-taught contemporary artist who has had a lifetime interest in art, using a range of media including screen printing, photography, watercolour, pastel, charcoal and acrylic media.
Myffie has won multiple prizes for her art and is achieving recognition for her evocative and emotional artworks. While Myffie has traditionally painted animals and people she has won three first prizes and two Grand Champion Art prizes for her landscapes Canola and Misty Missabotti Morning in 2018.
Her style is contemporary and often impressionistic with subdued colours and tones.She uses a mix of movement and posture to communicate emotion
She finds inspiration in Nature particularly animal and human feelings and her paintings reflect this. Myffie says “Some moments we will always remember …like a young child cuddling her kitten… I like to paint that moment and I love it when I see someone smile as they look at a painting. Then I know that the painting has evoked an emotional response.”
MYFFIE COADY ART AWARDS
2000 Winner - Best Local Artist for “King Island Gold” Macquarie Award Port Macquarie
2014 GCA National Photography Competition – Finalist in 2 categories
2015 Winner FIRST PRIZE Mixed Media Section Sawtell Annual Art Exhibition for “Off the Sheep’s Back”
2016 People’s Choice Award Painting “Wild Horses” NVAS Annual Art Competition
2016 Second Prize Open section Painting “Wild Horses” NVAS Art Competition
2016 Second Prize EJ Mantova Memorial Art Prize Open section Bellingen Show Painting “Melancholy”
2016 Highly Commended EJ Mantova Memorial Art Prize Drawing section Bellingen “Freedom”
2017 Highly Commended Open section “Serenity” NVAS Annual Art Competition
2017 Winner FIRST PRIZE EJ Mantova Memorial Art Prize Drawing section Bellingen "Sealed with a Kiss"
2017 Winner FIRST PRIZE Nambucca Valley Arts Council biennial art exhibition "Fire on the Bluff" -Contemporary Art section Judge: Niomi Sands, Curator of the Glasshouse Regional Art Gallery Port Macquarie
2018 GRAND CHAMPION NVAS Art Show "Misty Missabotti Morning
2018 HIghly Commended EJ Mantova Memorial Art Prize Bellingen "Riviere"
2018 Highly Commended Coffs Coast Art Prize "Riviere"
2018 GRAND CHAMPION Sawtell 31st Annual Art Exhibition "Canola"
2018 Highly Commended Mid North Coast Art Prize "Spinifex"
2019 Highly Commended EJ Mantova Memorial Art Prize Outback Road