paintings of the Goulburn River, which
runs through the region where I live;
and also the very pretty creeks around
the area. I enjoy portraiture, still life and
figurative work too (including nudes).
I exhibit paintings at the Old
Courthouse Gallery in Seymour,
home of the Seymour and District Act
Society. I also display my work in a
number of restaurants in the area. We
are fortunate in the Shire of Mitchell
to have numerous art shows and
competitions to enter, and I participate
in as many as I can. Over the years I
have had my work accepted into several
galleries in the wider community, too.
I have a very vivid early memory of
sitting beside my father while he told
me a story, and at the same time he
was doing a drawing to illustrate it. Iwould have been about four years old.
The drawing was of a boy pushing a
wheelbarrow. I can’t remember the
story but I can still see the drawing
as if it was yesterday. The thing that
struck me at the time was that the
boy looked real. He was in a ‘walking’
action with one leg in front of the other
and his clothes had light and shade on
them – so it was not like my childish
attempts at drawing. I wanted to be
able to draw like that. I guess that was
the source of my artistic inspiration.
My current inspiration revolves around
the rural environment. Our home is on
a 40 acre bush block. The rural way
of life, and the landscapes around
this area of northern Victoria inspire
me. I am very keen on portraiture too,
and the faces of men of a certainProfile