The timed auction ends Thursday November 5th at 8:00pm. Whoever holds the highest bid at the auction closing time wins.
Tania Mason
Swans in our garden., 2026
watercolour gouache acrylic on board
Height 51 cm x Width 41 cm
Artwork is stretched and ready to hang & comes with a certificate of authenticity
Starting Bid: $400
This work is about the two lovely swans I see now and then. They sit hidden and nested near my house when I go walking.
Artist Bio: Tania Mason is a Sydney-based artist with a Fine Arts degree from the National Art School (NAS), where she began her studies in 1996. Her work has been exhibited widely across Australia and internationally, with representation from esteemed galleries including Australian Galleries, Art House, Olsen, and Liverpool Street Galleries. She was awarded the Calleen Art Award for Painting in 2016 and has completed major public art commissions for institutions such as The Arts Centre of Victoria and The Australian Ballet. Her practice has also been supported by the Australia Council for the Arts, which awarded her a New Work Grant in 2007. Tania has been an artist-in-residence at Bundanon, Hill End, The Gunnery, and NG Art Creative in France, where her passion for hosting art workshops was also nurtured.
Mason’s solo exhibitions span regional and metropolitan galleries, most recently Surrounded by Time with a Canary in a Coal Mine at Gosford Regional Gallery (2025), with another solo show upcoming at Michael Reid Northern Beaches. She has been a finalist in numerous art prizes, including the Fisher’s Ghost, Geelong, Banyule, and Hazlehurst prizes, and has works held in public collections such as Cowra Regional Gallery and The Arts Centre of Victoria. Her commissions and illustrative projects, including works responding to The Firebird ballet and a storybook titled The Intelligent Sleeping Beauty, further reflect the narrative depth of her practice. Tania’s work has been featured in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, Vogue Australia, and Vogue Living, underscoring her presence in both critical and cultural conversations.
Dimensions:
51 cm x 41 cm