Ted Blackall

I am an Abstract Impressionist.
As a primary school kid I was always drawing . In secondary school my art teacher was great Australian artist Ian Bow. 'Bowie' was definitely my first important influence in aesthetics, art for art's sake and [post] impressionism. The skill he developed in my painting and together with this knowledge of art's power, won me a place at RMIT University. Art School.
RMIT-So many wonderful teachers -many great and famous names. Giant among even them was great Australian Impressionist William [ Jock] Frater who set my brush style and access to aerial perspective which I will die with.
I graduated in Painting and Illustration and proceeded to establish and endure as an elite Illustrator, Award Winning, Exhibiting Painter /Graphic designer/art and film director.
Now some decades later having drawn and painted the 10,000things, I find the commercial modes of my creative life have stepped aside and deferred to the Fine art exhibiting Impressionist painting stream. And really it's about time.
I am an Abstract Impressionist. Impressionist because that is what was given to me by Bow and Frater and Abstract because of what the Quantum physicists have but recently discovered and shared with us.
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Training began: RMIT Painting School
Mentors: William Frater, Harold Freedman, Murray Griffin.
Post graduate studies with: Fred Bates, William Grunstein, Joshua Smith,
New York Artists League.

Tutor at: Julian Ashton School, Sturt University Summer School,
3rdi School of Painting.
Exhibiting: Royal Arts Society, Holdsworth Gallery, Bridge Street Gallery,
Baronia Galleries, Raglan Galleries, Lasting Impressions,
Golden Wing Lounge, Newport Artworks, The Private Gallery.
Wentworth Galleries, Gallery V. Manly Galleries 'KCWTC' exhibition.
Humane Society International, Fattahi Stamford CT, Zorya Greenwich CT,
Mosman Art Prize inclusion three times, once commended.
Manly Art Gallery, Eden Gardens Gallery.
Commissions and Collections: International Olympic Committee,
Moet Chandon, Kaiser Stuhl, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Westpac Bank,
Victorian College of Pharmacy, Bond Corporation, Kumagai Australia,
Manafest Capital, Northern Territory Tourist Commission.