Jo (Mrs. de Carteret) is a Fellow of the Victorian Artists' Society and has coordinated art at Canterbury Girls' Secondary College for the past twenty years and has now decided to follow her passion and give greater attention to her own painting.

Jo has a distinguished list of awards and exhibitions to her credit.

Recently her impression of Heritage Hill Gardens received The Dandenong Prize for best work completed in a day. Major awards also include The Melbourne City Council Lord Mayors’ Prize and The Mountbatten Award.

Jo's numerous Highly Commended Awards include: Kew, Brighton, Cranbourne, Ringwood, Clayton, Corio, Bacchus Marsh and Altona Rotary, St.Kevin’s, Burke Hall and John Paul Colleges’ Art Shows, Strathdon Community Art Show as well as several commendations at the Victorian Artist’ Society exhibitions.

Recent Commendations:

2007 Highly Commended Victorian Artists' Society Spring Exhibition

2007 Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show

2004 Highly Commended for Best Oils, Strathdon Community Art Show

2001 Open Section, Royal Overseas League

2000 Contemporary Section, Royal Overseas League

2000 Autumn Exhibition Victorian Artists’ Society

Finalist, Victorian Artists’ Society ‘Artist of the Year’ in 1980, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 1994,1996 and 2005 A.M.E. Bale Art Award Finalist in Oils and Watercolour 1992, 2006

Awards

1972 Best Local Artist, Bacchus Marsh Art Show

1973 Best Local Artist, Bacchus Marsh Art Show and Best Landscape of the area

1976 Ballan Arcadian Art Award

1978 Diamond Valley Art Award

1980 Bacchus Marsh Rotary Award

1983 John Paul College Award

1984 Clayton Arts Award, City of Oakleigh Prize

1984 Best Oil, Warragul Art Award

1984 Best Oil under $250, Preston Rotary

1984 Best Painting under $150, Brighton Recreation Centre

1985 Melbourne City Council, Lord Mayor’s Prize

1986 Best Painting, Seymour Rotary

1986 Mountbatten Award, Royal Overseas League

1987 Runner up, Mulgrave Art Award

1987 Best Still Life, Sunbury Rotary

1988 Best Small Painting, Kew Rotary

1988 2nd Open Section, Royal Overseas League

1989 First Prize, Burke Hall Art Show

1990 Best Oil, Glen Waverley Art Show

1992 Balwyn Community Centre Art Award

1994 Undine Award Victorian Artist’ Society

1995 Best other Medium, [Gouache] Bacchus Marsh Rotary

1997 Best Painting over $1000, Bayswater Rotary

2002 Painting on the Hill (Dandenong Club Award for best work painted on the day).

2004 Winner Works on Paper, Strathdon Community Art Show

Represented

Melbourne City Council Collection, Melbourne Town Hall, Monash, Diamond Valley, Bacchus Marsh, Preston and Oakleigh Council Collections, A.N.Z. Bank Collection, Menzies at The Rialto [Le Meridian] Collection, Victorian Artists’ Society Permanent Collection Bunkyo University High School Collection, Tokyo and Private Collections In Australia and Overseas.