Born Scotland 1952 studies & professional experience 1972-76 B.A. (Hons) Fine Art- City & Guilds & Hornsey Art School, London 1976-77 1Year French Scholarship, Ecole de Beaux Arts, Aix en Provence. 1977-78 1Year Post-graduate Art Teacher's Certificate, Leeds University 1978-82 Traveled and painted in Italy, France and Austria, specializing in watercolours, landscapes and portraits. 1982-84 Arrived in Australia, March 1982. Traveled and painted widely until September 1984. October 1984 Gained permanent residency in Australia and started painting full-time. Paints Pilbara, Kimberley, Northern Territory, Settled in South West of Western Australia. Subsequent painting trips made to Nepal and Europe taking in Tuscany France and Portugal 1999 2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany 2000 2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca, Tuscany 2001 3 week Painting and Teaching trip to Greece 2002 2 week Painting and Teaching trip to Lucca Tuscany awards 2006 Cossack Art Award – Pilbara Landscape Category 2006 Joint Winner Vasse Primary School Art Prize 2000 People's Choice, Cossack Art Prize 2000 Finalist for Mandorla Art Prize 1995 Finalist for Mandorla Art Prize 1993 Wild West Hyundai Art Prize, Gillian Aitken Award 1991 Katanning Art Prize, Water based Medium 1987 Subiaco Rotary Art Club Prize 1986 Subiaco Rotary Art Club Prize 1985 Williams Watercolour Prize representations Private collections in Europe, USA, Israel, Australia, UK Corporate Collections in Japan, USA, Australia, China The Holmes a Court Collection Rumanian Government Dominion Gold Mines The Weld Club Westpac Wesfarmers Kerry Stokes Reserve Bank E.U. Delegation Office, Canberra Millbrook Winery, Jarrahdale, WA Hamersley Iron Alinta Gas Evans & Tate Wines Kalgoorlie College Art Dept. Collection Hale School Collection, Perth WA Cape Bouvard Monastery Gallery Collection, New Norcia, WA Illustrations for 3 poems for “Songs of The Possum” by Bill Mather Brown solo exhibition 2005 Monsoon Gallery Broome WA 2004 Stafford Studios, Perth WA 2004 Delshan Gallery, Armadale,Melbourne 2003 Monsoon Gallery – Broome WA 2002 Evans and Tate Visitor’s Center Opening 2000 Stafford Studios - Perth WA 2000 Monsoon Gallery - Broome WA 1999 Beaver Galleries - ACT 1997 Stafford Studios - Perth, W.A 1996 Gunyulgup Galleries - Yallingup, W.A. 1995 Stafford Studios-Perth 1995 Beaver Galleries- A.C.T. 1995 Holdsworth Gallery- Sydney 1994 Gunyulgup Galleries, Yallingup, W.A. 1993 Stafford Studios, Perth 1991 Beaver Galleries 1991 Arts Darwin Gallery, Darwin 1990 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney 1990 Goodridge Gallery, Perth 1988 Goodridge Gallery, Perth 1987 "Pilbara Light" Exhibition, His Majesty's Theatre, Perth 1986 Goodridge Gallery, Perth 1986 Ric's Gallery, Dalkeith, Perth 1985 Tresilian Community Centre, Perth |