Jenny Alderman

Written By Angela Hoskins

Introducing the art and artists of Coochiemudlo

Leaf Form, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm

After a varied career working as a teacher and guidance officer in schools from Cape York to Lamington, artist Jenny Alderman was drawn to Coochiemudlo Island for its unique combination of quiet sandy beaches close to the city and family. 

For Jenny, art practice grew from being a favourite subject in school, to become a Major subject in Teacher Training, informing a life threaded with creative activity. Working across a broad range of paint, print, ceramic and assemblage media, her work responds to subjects from the natural world, particularly from the Island and Moreton Bay, often using photographs as a reference for extracting the essential forms of her subject.

In addition to more conventional paint and print media, Jenny has also been enjoying delving into her vast collection of found “treasures” to produce cheerful and quirky 3D creations comprised of shells, coral, recycled frames, old wood turnings and tools, driftwood and so much more.

Jenny’s work, found under the name JenniAdeArt, can be viewed on Island at Curlew Gallery and Artisan Alley.

Angela Hoskins

Built my first site in 2000 and steadily learned what it takes to make websites work. Dabbled in WordPress back then, still do. Since building my first Squarespace site in 2016, I’ve been impressed with the relatively streamlined approach to website design and development that Squarespace offers compared to WordPress. SEO was a major challenge from the start — I’ve spent a lot of time keeping up with what’s required to get sites working, ranking well on a SERP. I have confidence with what Squarespace offers for SEO.

Having worked for more than 10 years in the web team of an inland, regional university in Australia and dealing with frustrations that come with working for a large corporate enterprise, the idea of setting up my own web design business became my goal.

Set up my business in late 2017. Opted for a sea change, too: I now live on Coochiemudlo Island 45 minutes from Brisbane. Love working from home. Love working for small business clients. Still get casual work with the university.

Challenges? The main one is pricing my work for small businesses. Doing quality work, doing the research to be up to date in the industry, takes time; it’s hard to factor in this time to my pricing while being competitive in the market and affordable for many small businesses.

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