Kevin Roper

Artist or illustrator
that is the question.. ( im kidding )
i think im a bit of both

i do work across a range on genrers, and thats probably a reflectionof my animation work, botanical, femme, landscape, abstracts etc .. and i like to add a touch of humour when i can.
Animation influence again.

an observation ..
Illustrators tell stories, fine artists do to, but more likely its about the work itself, line, colour, texture etc, wrapped in a theme

so to resolve the question, perhaps to avoid it, i call myself a creative, one who creates, more specifically, an image maker,
i make images. Every day im involved with images, creating, sorting, categorising, looking, thinking about, enjoying.

As for my work history .. I'll keep it brief

i spent half my working life in the animation industry
and the second half teaching animation film making at Uni

retired now - do my own projects
im a creator. illustrator / artist
the visual world is my thing
im always creating
one thing or another

Besides animation, i have some fine art background, through my years at Art College

These days im producing hand made drawings on a digital tablet, and outputting a digital file from which prints can be made

Style is minimalisitic. with a strong u...

3 year diploma of fine art - wonderful yers of discover - from Wagga Wagga College of Adv Education, now Charles Sturt University

post grad diploma in Adult Education - Griffith Uni
great course, an eye opener at the time

When i was an Art student in my second year at College
i negotiated and put up a solo exhibition of sculpture installations at an avant guard contemporary gallery in Sydney

and the Australian National Gallery bought some photos of my installations as part of a promising artists program