ABOUT SOPHIE
About Sophie
Sophie Mill
Cert.Med.(MBEd)
Artist and Art Tutor
Member of IMTTA The International Meditation Teachers and Therapists Association
Director, Sophie Mill School of Art
Director, Sophie Mill School of Art
The Time has arrived to take a well-earned break. Thank you for an outstanding 25 years of learning to paint with me, exhibiting, and much more. Now, I have a moment in life to view galleries, and go back to the simplicity of the starting point.
Sophie Mill is resting from Tutoring for 2023 and 2024
Sophie Mill is consistent and committed to providing students with well educated, ethical and highly professional tutoring;
Ambassador Newcastle Art Gallery
The Newcastle Grammar School Artist in Resident
GIO Insurance Artist-in-Resident
Provider: NSW State Government Provider Creative Kids
Icare Insurance Artist in Resident (Brain and Spinal Injury Unit)
White Knight Foundation Artist of Choice (Brain and Spinal Injury Unit)
Essentially Your Choice NDIS Artist-in-Resident
Newcastle Grammar School Artist in Resident
Belmont Child Care Artist in Resident (special needs)
The NSW State Government appointment is a recognition of the discipline and commitment of her contribution to the arts.
Sophie attended Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York. The Billy Blue School Art school, Sydney. The Julian Ashton School of Art, The Rocks. The National School of Art, Sydney. With this, Sophie exhibited back-to-back for over 15 years with Fine Art Galleries in Moree, Sydney, Noosa, New York, and Italy.
Sophie gained her Early Childhood, Primary, and Senior qualifications in teaching later in life; it was time to pass on her valuable Oil Painting and Drawing knowledge to the next generation. Sophie's first post as 'Artist in Resident' was Irrawang High School, Raymond Terrace. Sophie was the first Artist to be employed by the NSW State Government under the Gonski Scheme. Her second position as Artist in Resident and Art Tutor in Oil painting techniques was at Pymble Ladies College, Sydney.
Growing up on Sydney's North Shore and attending Pymble Ladies College, Sophie was determined to lead an artistic life be it be in a small way or on a large scale. Either way, she remained determined and committed.
By practicing art/painting with Sophie Mill Art School students have the space to practice building up their memory of composition, shapes, darks, and lights; students can negotiate the painting process. This process includes,
- being adaptable to the non-reliable way paint wants to fall
- being able to accept disappointments
- understanding the frustration of art
- understanding commitment
- understanding the 'ugly' side of constructing a picture
- understanding the benefits of planning
- taking your time
- being adaptable to change and being able to 'kill the darlings'
Killing the darlings is an expression in art, it refers to your 'favourite' parts of the picture (or story) and they make no sense in the overall composition. The phrase
“in writing you must kill
all your darlings” has been attributed to writer and Nobel prize laureate William Faulkner.
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Sophie Mill
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