ANZSCO 211411
Painter (Visual Arts)
Conceives and creates visual art forms such as pictures, abstract designs and similar compositions, to communicate impressions and ideas.
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Visas for Painter (Visual Arts)
Main tasks
- Generates ideas, develops concepts, and considers the desired composition, style and colour palette for their visual art forms
- Selects appropriate mediums, such as oil or acrylic paints, inks, pencils, charcoal, pastels or watercolours
- Prepares materials, such as choosing brushes, priming canvases, walls, wood or other surfaces, and sets up the workspace
- Applies selected mediums to canvas or other surfaces using different techniques and implements to achieve the desired visual expression
- Exhibits their visual artwork in art galleries, museums or other exhibition spaces
- Sells their visual art forms directly to collectors, art enthusiasts or through online platforms or art markets
- May use virtual canvases, paint brushes and palettes to create digital visual art forms
State nomination
Each state nominates different occupations for the 190 and 491 visas.
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