Ninon Phillips artwork - Kooloonong Bush Nursing Hospital

Ninon Phillips was born in Hawthorn in 1921. She won a scholarship to Maryborough Technical College and then continued her art studies at Melbourne Technical School. She began her career in textile design around 1936, but became better known for her wildlife and botanical works.
She worked in many different media including silk-screen and textile design, photo tinting, painting and illustration. She exhibited widely in Australia and also in the Tryon Gallery in London.
Her life's passion was caring for both people and wildlife. She worked as a nurse in the 1940's and was Matron of Allendale Private Hospital in Melbourne in the 1960's.
A biography written by the W.I.S.E. (Wildlife in Secure Environment) Trust is attached as a link. Ninon was the founder of this trust and cared for injured wildife for several decades.