I'm a father of two lovely boys and am living and working as a
painter in Perth, WA.
Ever since I can remember I have drawn and painted and told people when I
grow up I want to be an artist.
It started when I was three years old and scribbled throughout Mums, not
quite out of reach, phone-pad. Reinforced itself when I completed my BA
- Fine Art Painting from the Victorian College of the Arts and
continues to this day.
I mainly work with oil paint on canvas applied with palette knives and
brushes. My second favourite combination of mediums being watercolours
and ink on heavy paper. The main themes that I love to paint and explore
in my work is Beachscapes, Cityscapes, Cafe scenes and Boat Marinas.
This is mainly completed using an Impressionistic approach to
appearance, I also experiment in a geometric heavy style borrowing from
cubism. People play an important part in my work and are as important as
the landscape they find themselves in, this allows me to create
narrative and direction for the flow through the image.
In 1996 while completing my year 12 education In Melbourne and preparing for
university it became apparent that I would require an adult sized
portfolio to be able to compete against other adults and graduates for a
position at The Victoria College of the Arts. With much help from my
year 12 teacher Michael Bowden I was successful at getting in straight
out of Secondary School at the age of 17. Some of my tutors were Victor
Majzner, Kim Donaldson, Jan Murray, Philip Hunter and Jon Campbell to
name a few.
My portfolio also gave me the opportunity to get a painting into the
National Gallery of Victoria exhibit : Starting out: VCE Top Cats in
1997.
In the years to follow I had my work in various group exhibitions mostly
held in artist run spaces in Fitzroy and Brunswick in Melbourne along
with group shows held at the Victorian College of the Arts.
In 2005 my family and I moved to Perth from Melbourne and I started to sell my work
online with the intention of reaching a wider audience and have greater
control over subject matter. In 2006 I began working full time as an
Artist. In the last 12 years I have attempted to better understand why I
do what I do and choose the things that I paint, and endeavour to
connect to my ideas in a stronger way. I’ve strived to improve my
technique every day over the years and continue to, as I have a long way to go.
I hope you enjoy my paintings and thanks for looking.
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