BIOGRAPHY

1953 Born in Brisbane

1970-72 Art teacher's diploma, Kelvin Grove College, Brisbane

1973 High school teaching, Queensland

1974 Screen printing for a Sydney graphic arts company.

1975 Began painting full-time.

1976 Moved to Hawkesbury River area

1976-2011 Travelled extensively in Australia and overseas researching for paintings

2009 Lives and works in Blue Mountains

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1976 Bonython Gallery Sydney

1977 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1978 Bonython Gallery Adelaide

1979 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1981 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1982 Bonython Gallery Adelaide

1983 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1984 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1985 Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane

1986 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

1987 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1988 Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane

1988 Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney

1989 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

1990 Editions Gallery Melbourne

1990 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

1991 Solander Gallery Canberra

1991 Philip Bacon Gallery Brisbane

1992 Bridge Street Gallery Sydney

1993 Valerie Cohen Gallery Sydney

1995 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

1995 Wagner Gallery Hong Kong

1995 Wagner Gallery Sydney

1998 Gallery Attica Katoomba

1998 Cook's Hill Gallery Newcastle

1999 Wagner Gallery Sydney

1999 North Shore Fine Art Sydney

2001 Cooks Hill Galleries Newcastle

2002 Port Jackson F.A. Laguna Beach CA

2004 Royall Fine Art Kent U.K.

2005 Wagner Gallery Sydney

2007 Wagner Gallery Sydney

2008 Wagner Gallery Sydney

2009 Cooks Hill Galleries Newcastle

2010 Wagner Gallery Sydney

2010 Cooks Hill Galleries Newcastle

2011 Wagner Gallery Sydney

 

AWARDS

2009 Mortimore Prize - Best In Show

2009 Kenilworth Art Prize - Winner

10 Times Finalist in Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes AGNSW

Finalist in many other art prizes including Tattersals Art Prize, Mosman Art Prize, Waterhouse Art Prize, and Mount Eyre Art Prize.

 

COLLECTIONS

Wollongong City Art Gallery; B.H.P. Brisbane; European Asian Bank; Abbot-Tout-Creer; Gold Coast City Art Gallery; C.B.A. Bank; De Beers London; Newcastle University; N.R.M.A. Sydney; Banque Nationale du Paris; Volvo International; Hyatt Hotels Adelaide; Tubemakers Australia; N.S.W. State Parliament; European Banking Corporation; Bird Cameron Perth; S.A. Co-op Building Society; Price Waterhouse Sydney; Girvan Corporation Sydney; Fincorp Ltd, Perth; G.I.O.Sydney; Colgate-Palmolive Sydney; The Terrace Adelaide; American Club Sydney; State Bank of S.A.; Hilton Hotel Brisbane; A.M.P. Society Brisbane; Carrington Coal Co Newcastle; C.S. First Boston Sydney; Comsteel Newcastle; A.A.P. Sydney; Barclays De Zoot De Weit Sydney; Reuters Sydney; Bayer Sydney; State Street Bank Sydney, Randwick Municipal Council, A.G.L. Sydney, Hyatt Hotels USA., Sunshine Coast Art Collection.