Born ROSEMARY COLLARD 1948,  Western Australia
Diploma in  Fine Art  (Painting Major)   Claremont School of Art,  Western Australia   1976 – ‘78
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST  from  1978 - 2013  in Perth, Western Australia then in Launceston, Tasmania from 2013
EXHIBITED:    (Under the name Rosemary Dewar from 1978-1995)
SOLO:
1988 & 1990  Perth Galleries,  WA
1987   Matilda Bay Restaurant,  WA
1985   Art Co-Ordinates,  WA
1984   Fremantle Art Centre,   ‘Inscapes’  Coloured Pencil Drawings WA
1981   Miller Gallery, WA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Central Institute of Technology - Perth, WA
City of Swan  -  Midland, WA
Custom Credit  - Perth, WA
Claremont School of Art -  WA
Bunbury Art Gallery -  WA
Western Capitol  - Perth
Matilda Bay Restaurant - Nedlands, WA
Sheraton Hotel - Perth, WA
Bunbury Catholic College,  Bunbury, WA
Rothwells - Perth, WA
Department of Immigration - Perth, WA
Perth College  -  Mount Lawley,  WA
PRIZES:
2012    City of Swan Excellence Award  -  Acquisitive Award  -  'Forest Flower'
1987 and 1992    Hospice Foundation Art Prize
1985 and 1986    City of Bunbury Purchase Prize
FREELANCE/CONTRACT WORK:
1993 - 2013  -  Town Planning,  Architectural,  Real Estate and Landscape Design  - under  the business name of ‘Colourfill’,   registered in 1996. Work included presentation finishing artwork,  photo montage concept perspectives,  design of advertisements,  flyers, brochures and billboards,  
2000  Scene planner,  John Callahan’s ‘Quads’ – Animation works
1998  Animation -  background layout artist -  ICA Productions, ‘Ginger Meggs” – Director Tibor Meszaros
1982-1983   Teaching  -  Balcatta Senior High Special Art Program     
1983 Teaching  -  Esperance Summer School  
1979   –  Full time teaching and assessment at Claremont School of Art -  relief position  
PUBLISHED: Australian Artist April 1989:  ‘Reach for Pastels and explore a new direction -  My vocabulary of marks in pastel’   by Rosemary Dewar   

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