Sobre el Artista

A landscape and figurative artist whose creative practice consists of oil painting, photo-manipulation based digital art and video. Born in country Queensland, Australia. Works are held in private, public and corporate art collections in Australia and overseas, including Perpetual Trustees, Sydney; a large canvas titled 'Christmas Eve', now held in a private collection in Melbourne, formerly hung at the Crown Casino. Began art studies under Frank De Silva at the Royal Queensland Art Society in Brisbane, 1980. Attended the Queensland College of Art, 1981-82. On leaving art college, worked for many years as a graphic artist in the printing industry, also a supporter of and did volunteer illustration and graphic art work for the Antarctic Protection Society. In 1994, met the New York artist and gallery director, Tim Slowinski, who arranged his first solo exhibition. His first Australian solo exhibition was at Soho Galleries, Sydney in 1996. A finalist in the Glover Prize in 2012, one of Australia's most significant awards for landscape painting. A semi-finalist in the 2013 and 2015 Doug Moran National Portrait Prizes. In 2015, his video art submissions were included in both the Seattle Erotic Art Festival and the Rochester Erotic Arts Digital Show. He now paints at his Gympie studio, preferring to work in oils on Belgian linen. In recent years his interest has gradually shifted from the landscape to the female nude and portraiture. Artist Statement My art is inspired first and foremost by what I see, feel and experience. I explore the female form, painting in a style that is free and intuitive. Backgrounds are only important as blank backdrops, allowing the focus of attention to remain fixed on the nude. Colour is used to embellish, in the sense of adding to the aesthetic or emotional density of the composition.