kiama, NSW, Australia
This site is organised in as follows: 'Artworks' displays a random selection of my paintings and...
About the artist
Joined In 2010
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About the artist
Joined In 2010
(10 Followers)
This site is organised in as follows:
'Artworks' displays a random selection of my paintings and drawings.
'Collections' displays my work in different sections such as Landscapes, The Human Form, Still Lives and Drawings etc., (click on "view all").
Brief Bio and artists statement:
I was born in London in 1949 where I lived for 30 years. In 1979 I moved to Sydney, Australia. Presently I live in Kiama, New South Wales. I hold both British and Australian citizenship. I have an extensive background in art having commenced professional studies in 1974. Between 1980 and 2009 I was employed full-time at a Technical & Further Education art school as a teacher of fine arts. A Doctorate of Creative Arts was conferred by the University of Wollongong in 1997 (link: ). The major part of my practice has been painting with watercolours and oils. Subject matter includes landscape, portraiture, life drawing and still life. The landscapes are often completed on location. I enjoy being in the environment and interpreting it live. The challenge and compositional problems presented in the transfer of energies stimulates and gives substance to my studio work.
1974-78 Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts, London:
• B.A. (Hons.) - First Class - Ceramics and
Painting
• Special Commendation for Painting
1978-79 Goldsmith's College, University of London:
• Post Graduate Art Teachers Certificate
1988-97 University of Wollongong:
• Doctor of Creative Arts, Thesis Topic: Art and
Transference
link: ro.uow.edu.au/theses/1751
SOLO:
1983 Recent Work, University of Wollongong.
1984 Painting & Ceramics: Switchback Gallery,
Gippsland College of Advanced Education,
Victoria.
1991 Feature Exhibition, Juanita Studio Gallery,
Austinmer.
1992 Painting & Ceramics: Memory Mammary
Mummery, Wollongong City Gallery.
1993 Painting & Ceramics: Illusive Reality,
University of Western Sydney
1994 Feature Exhibition, Juanita Studio Gallery,
Austinmer.
1995 Painting & Ceramics: Memory Mammary
Mummery, University of Wollongong.
2005 Recent Watercolour and Oil Paintings,
Juanita Studio Gallery, Austinmer
SELECTED GROUP (last two years only):
2013 BDAS Members Exhibition, Bowral
2013 BDAS Tutors Exhibition, Bowral
2013 NSW Parliament House Plein Air Painting
Prize, Parliament House, Sydney
2013 Thirroul Seaside Art Festival Exhibition,
Thirroul
2013 Waverley Art Prize, Sydney
2013 Pirtek Still Life Prize, Bowral & District Art
Society, Bowral
2013 Affordable Art, Wollongong Art Gallery
2013 Artville, St. Bridgids, Gwynneville
2013 John Cop...