Location Wollongong
Artist Type Professional
The balance of line, mass and tone through Stargardt’s eyes is my difficult pleasure.
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About
I am an Abstract Expressionist Artist painting in oils on canvas and drawings on paper or ribbed cotton using pencil, graphite, charcoal, gouache and colour pencils. Part of my abode is a light filled studio which is across the road from Wollongong city beach. My local landscape keys my Art. My Art is calligraphic and spontaneous in nature and my influences are Cy Twombly, Gerhardt Richter and Anselm Keifer.
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Biography
I grew up in Mosman NSW and then attended Alexander Mackie School of Art. I managed the Art House at a Rudolf Steiner centre and I have taught drawing and painting at both WEA Illawarra & St George Community College. In 2003 I received a commendation award from WCC & RAIA for the renovation of our family home in Coledale. A Bundanon residency in 2012 gave me new directions with an exhibition at Gallery Lane Cove. Currently I am an Arts advisor for Accessible Arts.
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Awards & Career highlights
1999 - Finalist Wynne Prize AGNSW
2003 - Judge Thirroul Seaside Arts Festival
2006 - Finalist Dobell Prize for Drawing AGNSW
2006 - Commendation Willoughby Art Prize
2012 - Bundanon residency
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Studio Address
Apartment 35, 4 Bank Street
Wollongong NSW 2500Please contact the artist to arrange your visit.
Featured Works
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Coledale Beach: My Guardian angel of visual certainty departs 1999
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Untitled Escarpment 2006
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Naked Stargardt’s I 2009
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In my garden III 2017
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On the beach VI 2017
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In My Garden XIV 2017
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In my garden VIII 2017
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Pine Tree VI 2018
