Lucila Zentner

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Lucila Zentner is an Australian oil painter artist.
Lucila is best known for her exuberant florals; exploring repeating patterns in irreverent
colours, often in thick delineated outlines, building on a childhood love of Margaret Preston,
Gaugin and Van Gough. On a parallel track Lucila paints human characters in Kangaroo
costume who perform obscure narratives. These characters, based on family members,
were inspired by her young daughter in a mask that she made in primary school (seminal
piece was chosen for the Salon des Refuses 2022). Lucila also paints landscapes and
portraits, about 20 of which have been in National prize finals. In 2019-20 she was the
winner of the AGES Society Art Prize. Having lived a decade in regional Victoria and NSW, the
landscapes harken back to the Australian bush, where she and her husband started their
family and life together. She has work in the permanent collection of the Gippsland Art
Gallery (donated) and in the Lucas Community Centre Ballarat (commissioned) and the
Ballarat St John of God Hospital Ballarat (commissioned).
Lucila works in Medicine as a Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Sprecialist; hence spends
100% of the time either interpreting or creating images.

In the way one talks to a friend and takes pleasure in re-living a story;
I paint to prolong a moment.
Time is a Thief, and painting is my defence.
In the way one listens to sad music to cry;
I paint in protestation.
In the way one talks to a friend to make sense of something;
I paint to understand a subject.
In the way one enjoys life and beauty simply and without reference to anyone else,
I paint for the sheer love"
Lucila Zentner 2015
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BACKGROUND
Main Art Studio: Wahroonga, NSW
Regional Art Studio: Moama, NSW
Concurrent work: Consultant Radiologist and Nuclear medicine Specialist
AANMS Fellow: Australian and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine 2009
FRANZCR Fellow: Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists 2008
MBBS (HONS) University Sydney 2000
BA (HONS) University Melbourne1993