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ABOUT
Martina completed 3 years classical arts training at the Peter Schneider Art School.
She worked as freelance commercial illustrator for many major companies for 15 years and obtained in between it all a degree in Graphic Design in 1993 (QSPGA Brisbane)
She advanced into an intensive involvement within the arts industry within several art organisations, presenting and organising business courses and discussion rounds for emerging artists, gaining considerable expertise in all aspects of arts business and began increasingly teaching art since 1999.
She then became Co-Director of Illustration House Pty Ltd in 2002, a dedicated art gallery and art school for illustrative art and visual literacy centre, located at Southbank Parklands in Brisbane. Due to the terminal illness and passing of her late husband she left the business in 2005.
Today she acts as a selected art show judge and has been a recent board member of the "Regional Arts Development Fund" committee at the Gold Coast City Council.
She also founded Artrillium House "The Art Directory" an online database of Australian competitive art shows for visual artists in 2001 and added Gold Coast Art Classes as a division at a later stage and has been the director of both since.
In 2009 Martina married Deane Pook, who joined the art school as Director and technical support in 2011.
Martina's Positions:
- Co-Director, Illustration House PTY LTD
- Director, Artrillium House
- Board Member, Regional Arts Development Fund Committee, Gold Coast City Council
- Art Juror
- Senior Art Teacher, Gold Coast Art School
- Courtroom Artist, Channel Ten
- Arts Administrator, Arts Academy, Education QLD
Martina's regular clients for commissional artwork:
- State Government of Queensland
- Gold Coast City Council
- BP Oil
- BHP
- Network Ten Ltd.
- Leo Burnett Connaghan and May
- Perception Graphic Design
- PRD Realty
- The Synergy Group
- and numerous more...
Martina & Deane Pook
Gold Coast Art Classes is a division of Artrillium House - The Art Directory for Australian Art Competitions.
Martina's art classes and workshops are renowned on the Gold Coast as well as in Brisbane.
Gold Coast Art Classes is a small but very popular private art school, offering thorough classical and modern training in art run by the directors of Artrillium House the husband and wife team Martina and Deane Pook.
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MARTINA POOK
There is nothing more satisfying than to see my students progress to great heights and become the best they can possibly be.
"Martina's reputation and structured classes have been sought after as far back as her Palm Beach Art School over 12 years ago.
I would consider her as one of the leading art teachers in Queensland."
Tony Champ
Former Courier Mail Illustrator
Former Co-Proprietor Gold Coast Art School
Several times Stanley Art Award Winner
Over the past few years, Martina has produced excellent watercolours of the BP Refinery at various stages of our development.
Martina's work is an outstanding record of the refinery over the years and her works are greatly appreciated.
Dr. J.E.Rowney
Operation Manager, BP Oil Refinery Limited
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