Biography
Biography
- Listed Art & Artist Files (Australia and New Zealand)
- Born 1942, Brisbane, Queensland
- Commenced painting and drawing in 1979
- Obtained Art Certificate with St George College of TAFE, 1983
- Exhibiting member of the Royal Art Society
- Exhibiting Artist, Delmar Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney. Exhibited for over 20 years
- Exhibiting Artist, James Harvey Gallery, Balmain, Sydney
- Exhibiting Artist, Camden Fine Art Gallery
- Taylor Galleries, Summer Hill, Sydney
- Member of Society of the Arts, Trinity Grammar, Summer Hill.
Awards
1988 - Two (2) Merit Awards - Kempsey Shire Council - Art Competition
1989 - First Prize Contemporary Painting by John Coburn, artist, who designed the tapestries for the Opera House Curtains.
1989 - Commended - Open Watercolour, Grenfell Art Award
1989 - Highly Commended Watercolour, Southern Cross Art Show
1990 - Commended Watercolour, Kogarah Municipal Council
1991 - Highly Commended Watercolour - Ryde Municipal Council
1992 - First Prize - Merriwa - Drawing Award
1992 - Commended - Contemporary - Ryde Art Award
1992 - Highly Commended - Glebe Art Festival
1993 - Commended - Watercolour - Port Macquarie Art Show
1993 - Commended - Open - Port Macquarie Art Show
1994 - Commended - Mod. Figurative, Royal Easter Show
1994 - Commended - Hunters Hill Council Art Award
1998 - Commended - Camden Art Prize
2000 - First Prize - Camden Art Prize
2003 - Third Prize - Royal Easter Show - Watercolour
Represented
- S H Irvin Gallery - Australian Watercolour Institute
- Mosman Council Municipal Arts Awards
- Campbelltown City Art Gallery - Fishers Ghost Art Award
- Sydney - Royal Easter Show
- National Maritime Museum - P & O Art Awards 1993
- Hunters Hill Council - Arts Awards
- Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
- S H Irvin Gallery - 'Portia Geach'
- S H Irvin Gallery - Salon des Refuse's
- Delmar Gallery - Five Artist Exhibition 1994
- Mary Reibey Gallery - Solo Exhibition - 1994
- Trinity Delmar Gallery - Artists at Pinebluff No 1 - 1997
- Camden Fine Art Gallery Group Exhibition 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- James Harvey Gallery - Group Exhibitions 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- James Harvey Gallery - Solo Exhibition - October 1999 The Art Gallery of NSW Look Magazine "Saturday Studio Walk", Arthur McIntyre spoke on my work. The Saturday was very well attended.
- Trinity Delmar Gallery - Artists at Pinebluff No 2 - February 2000
- Camden Art Prize - Traditional - First Prize - 2000
- Mosman Art Awards - 2000
- Campbelltown City Art Gallery - Open Sect. & Works on Paper 2000, 2001
- Delmar Gallery - John Caldwell & Friends Exhibition - 2001
- Taylor Galleries - Abstraction, Realism, Whimsy - July 2003
- Work on Paper Fair - Fox Studios July/August 2003
Bibliographies
- Sydney Morning Herald, 4 August 1993 - Felicity Fenner
- Sydney Morning Herald, 16 October 1993, Anne Loxley
- Look Magazine, October 1999. Saturday Studio Walk
- Vision Realised, Editor, Juliana Kolenberg