Growing up in the bush of Central Victoria in Yellow Gum and Ironbark country, I became a bird watcher from an early age. This led to a natural inclination to paint and with watercolours because that is what was available to me at the time; mix this with working for many years as a design drafting and my style developed early. In my earlier adult years bird photography dominated my creativity, and painting took a back seat until about 1993. Since then, I produce only watercolours of birds, landscapes, and portraits. Now retired, I have finally found freedom to paint his favourite bird subjects- full time.
The bushland of southern WA has provided plenty of subject material for both landscape painting and wildlife paintings. My landscapes mostly feature the karri forests, farmlands, and bush trails through the Margaret River, Pemberton, and Nannup districts.
Reference material for paintings includes photographs and field sketches as well as bird skins for bird portraits. My landscapes and portraits are normally painted on either Arches 300gsm Hot Pressed Paper using the finest professional watercolours and brushes that are currently available in the world. All framing is undertaken by professional picture framers to the highest (archival) standards.
Since 2015, a range of paintings have been published as Limited Edition and Open Prints.
I operate a private Art studio in Margaret River, and my works are represented in a few WA Galleries including Aspects of Kings Park, Perth.
Awards • 2018 “Biology As Art” Head of School & People’s Choice Award University of Western Australia • 2018 Australian Wildlife Artists- Highly Commended • First prize Harvey Art Show (Landscape painting) • First Prize Pinjarra Art Show (Landscape painting) • Highly Commended- Wildlife Artists Society of Australia 2015 • Highly Commended Watercolour Society of WA Galleries: Currently: • Aspects of Kings Park since February 2017 • Mukau Gallery, Cowaramup since 2019 Previously: • Lamont’s Gallery Swan Valley, Waterwheel Gallery Roleystone and the E Shed Gallery Fremantle, Pemberton Fine Woodcraft Gallery, John Miller Gallery MR and Boranup Gallery, south of Margaret River since about 2000 up until its closure in June 2022.
Exhibitions Artist in Residence 2017 at Aspects of Kings Park Spring Festival Margaret River Region Open Studio 2015-2022 Personal Collections Over the past twenty years or so, I have developed a personal foll