Portrait of Bill, an old soul Painting

Born and grew up in Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand to Australian parents before moving to Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia. Now living and painting in Otago, New Zealand Friend of the Royal Academy of Arts, U.K. since 2021 NZ Academy of Fine Art, Wellington, since 2021 Friend of the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington since 2017 Full Artistic Member since March 2010 - Otago Art Society, New Zealand Inspiration: [ English Painters] Pre-Raphaelites / Victorian painters such as J W Waterhouse, Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema & Arthur Hacker The Impressionists tried to capture the light and a fleeting moment in time. Notable members amongst the group included Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, Frédéric Bazille, Edgar Degas , Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne [ Other French Painters]William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Jean-Leon Gerome, Charles Bargue & Jules Bastien-Lepage [ New Zealand Painters ] Charles F Goldie, Rita Angus, Colin McCahon,Sir Toss Woollaston & Grahame Sydney