231631 Painter (Visual Arts)

Illustrators are excluded from this occupation. Illustrators are included in Occupation 243332 Illustrator.

This occupation has a skill level corresponding to the qualifications and experience below.

Australia

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

New Zealand

• Skill Level 1: Bachelor Degree, higher qualification, or at least five years of relevant experience

High levels of creative talent, cultural learning and/or knowledge, interest and personal commitment may substitute for formal qualifications or years of experience.

• 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