“Paintings…
Since I became a total time artist in Nov 2011, my paintings and drawings have been finalists in
The Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing 2012
The Xstrata Percival Portrait Award 2012
The Shirley Hannan Nationwide Portrait Awards 2012
The Black Swan Prize for Portraiture 2012
The Redland Art Awards 2012″
A small background data…
I am British, but my wife and little ones are Aussie, and we have lived in Brisbane considering the fact that Sept 07. In Dec 08 we moved to Logan – in which we bought an acre of land although we had been nevertheless in the Uk. I have invested 20 yrs in the Uk Distinctive Outcomes industry accomplishing all sorts of items, that whilst they ended up resourceful, had been not seriously ‘what I want to do when I improve up’. This year at 51, I realised that I do not want to increase up. I did an MBA in advance of we left the United kingdom in the mistaken perception that I had a thing to supply the entire world of management. The challenge is that the world of administration doesn’t’ recognize that. Last yr my daughter Molly arrived around to get her folio together for artwork university and I received into painting with her. This year, following a brush with most cancers, I have realised that actually, I just want to paint, and following all this time… I’ve manufactured that leap of faith. So I”m portray and drawing, some commissioned operate, some not. I’m operating in the direction of an exhibition termed ‘THINKERS’ at Logan Art Gallery in Might subsequent calendar year. It’s a assortment of important thinkers in the Brisbane locale…who’ve created a distinction to the relaxation of us, by getting distinct a single way or another. It will be about 10 or 12 paintings. I also educate at Logan Artwork University 3 moments a 7 days, and run a daily life drawing group.
