About Us
celebrating 30 years
Maree Sproats is a qualified Art Teacher with a Bachelor of Education Degree (Art) graduating from Alexander Mackie CAE majoring in education, child and adolescent development and psychology, art history and visual studies, painting, drawing and textile art, with sculpture, photography, print making , ceramics and media as minor subjects.
Having taught at high school for many years, Maree took her passion for art and teaching to develop her own studio at Dural in 1995. Maree now holds a number of classes at Dural Art Studio and Supplies incorporating Kreative Kids Art Classes. Maree has continued with strength in drawing and painting, realistic, abstract and expressive style. Maree uses pastels, paint, pen, pencil ,ink with an impressionist influence and draws with a natural expressive and impresssionist style rendering with graphite and colour.Experimenting with all forms of media to develop and pass on to her students. Subjects are inspired by her visual surroundings in the Dural area, the Australian landscape and North Coast seascapes, flora and fauna and colours of sunsets and reflections of light. Recent travels also influence Maree's subject matter and themes for term classes.
School holiday workshops are held during most school holidays, along with term classes for school children on Wednesday Afternoons, also high school through to HSC Drawing and other mediums.
Adult classes are conducted on Wednesday and Thursday mornings, developing individual needs in painting and drawing mediums. Specialist workshops are also available.
Term 2 2025 classes will only be available Wednesday or Thursdays.
The business is a major Art Supplies shop in the Hills and surrounding District, with an extensive range of Quality Art Supplies and product knowledge for students and artists.
The Studio is conveniently located with parking at the door at Unit 7 286-288 Newline Road Dural (behind McDonalds ) Maree can be contacted by Phone 9651 3546 or emailing us at maree@duralartstudio.com.au