Elizabeth (Liz) Jack

I am a firm believer in the power of creativity and performance as a tool for personal and community vitality.

My career has been unconventional and varied.

After completing my BA in history, Australian archaeology and anthropology, then a Grad Dip in Business (tourism), I relocated to regional Western Australia and have been working with regional communities ever since.

My professional background has been in regional tourism and community development both in WA and Kangaroo Island, South Australia. I am specifically interested in how the arts and tourism interface as a powerful team in the development of community. This curiosity, has taken me through the public, private and not for profit sector in both operational and leadership roles.

Whilst my pathway has been eclectic, it has also generated a tool kit of useful skills, that build on my natural strategic and creative curious nature.

Over the past thirty years, I have run my own business supporting regional communities both as a tourism and strategic consultant and more recently as an entertainer and event performer through Gertrude WellEase.

I created Gertrude WellEase in 2010 as a response to an artistic prompt entitled “On Ya Trolley”. My performance involved a character (Gertrude) who roved through town, engaging and adding creative colour.

She represents the story of my ancestors and the power of the artistic spirit that exists within all of us

As Buster Keaton once said, “What you have to do is create a character, then the character just does their best, and there's your comedy.”

I believe there is a Gertrude in all of us, that creative spirit that whispers to us about possibilities yet to be taken.

Gertrude Wellease

People often ask me about the origin of my name.

I’m Gertrude WellEase, ambassador and founder of the Chamber of Blessings. It’s a pleasure.

Gertrude WellEase is not just a name, but a symbol of the importance of creative expression in our lives.

We believe that by embracing our creativity and our own weirdness, a state of well-being can be achieved. My mother was named Gertrude after her great aunt, both creatives. Gertrude WellEase; as a creative persona; tells the story of allowing our creative spirit to shine as a tribute to our ancestors and a muse for our personal and business growth.

The Chamber of What I hear you say!

The Chamber of Blessings.

Our mission is to sow seeds of hope, one smile at a time.

It’s an easy KPI but one that gets very little value in our economically driven and obsessively consuming society. I may pop up in your town - or better still - invite me. We love to travel and chat!!.