Timeline
1953 Born Ayr, Queensland
1970 Winner Courier Mail Art Competition
1971-1974 Diploma of Teaching, Kelvin Grove CAE, Brisbane
1977-1978 Diploma of Fine Arts, Seven Hills College of Arts, Brisbane
1974-1984 Art Teacher / Senior Subject Master, Queensland Education Department & Queensland Independent Schools
1983-1984 Curriculum Consultant in Painting Techniques, Queensland State Education Department
1983 to present - full time professional artist/painter
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Mist Gallery, Cabarita Beach - Big sky
2023 Weswal Gallery, Tamworth – Embrace
2022 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – EVOLVE Major/minor
2020 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – Life in the Caldera
2020 Art Atrium Gallery, Sydney - Land Marks
2019 Bacaro, Carnivale
2018 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane. Playing with fire
2017 Art Atrium, Sydney. Signs of life
2017 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane. Paper, Scissors, Rock
2016 Chula, Hoi An & Hanoi Vietnam, Chasing Beauty
2015 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane. Signs of life
2015 Tweed Regional Art Gallery, NSW. Land Marks – here and there
2014 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – Land Marks – here and there
2013 Marovo Medical, fund raiser for the Soloman Islands
2012 Richard Martin Art, Sydney- Fading Elegance – Visions of Cuba
2011 Blue Bicycle Gallery, Byron Bay, An eye for detail
2010 Richard Martin Art, Sydney – Lines of Communication
2008 Delshan Gallery, Melbourne – Havana to Hanoi
2007 Moulton Galleries, Sydney – Cuba & Vietnam
2006 Hardy Brothers Fine Art, Brisbane – Havana to Hanoi
2005 Bristol Art Fair, Bristol, UK
2003 Moulton Galleries, Sydney
2002 Vanessa Wood Fine Art, Sydney – European Paintings
2001 Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Sydney – Venezia
1999 Valerie Cohen Fine Art / Mary Place Gallery, Sydney – Alice to Avignon
1997/8 Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Sydney / Ansett Golden Wing Lounge, Mascot – Venice
1996 Queensland Breast Cancer Council Benefit, Brisbane
1996 Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Sydney – Madrid to Marrakesh
1995 Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Sydney – Italy / Prague
1994 Valerie Cohen Fine Art, Sydney – The Carnivale Collection
1993 Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney
1993 Prince& Cohen Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1991 Solo exhibition in aid of The Abused Child Trust, Brisbane
1991 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1990 Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne
1986 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1984 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1983 Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
1982 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1981 Cintra House Gallery, Brisbane
1980 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1979 Cintra House Gallery, Brisbane
Group Exhibitions
2023 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – Still Life group exhibition
2022 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – Group show
2022 Mist Gallery Cabarita, - Charis
2021 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – HOME, Artist showcase
2021 Mist Gallery Cabarita, The Home Show , Dream Big, Roam, Encore
2020 Mist Gallery Cabarita, The great outdoors
2018 QCA POP Gallery. Changes: forty years of artistic practice
2018 Art Atrium, Sydney. Summer Sojourn
2018 M-Arts, Murwillumbah, Five Artists
2017/18 Atrium Gallery, Sydney. Summer Sojourn
2016/17 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Atrium Gallery, Sydney. Summer Sojourn
2015 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – Group show
2014 Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane – Group of 5
2014 Yallingup Gallery, W.A. Summer Exhibition
2012 Yallingup Gallery, W.A. Summer Exhibition
2010 Richard Martin Art, Sydney – Winter Exhibition
2009 Brenda May Gallery, Sydney Flower Show
2009 Bell Gallery, Berrima, Summer & Winter Exhibitions
2008 Bell Gallery, Berrima. Winter Exhibition
2008 Bell Gallery, Berrima. Summer Show
2007 Bell Gallery, Berrima. Paris
2007 Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney. Christmas Exhibition
2007 Paintbox, Canberra. Christmas Exhibition
2005 The Bell Gallery, Berrima Winter 2005
2005 Art Sydney 05, Off the Wall
2005 Contemporary Art Fair Edinburgh, Scotland
2005 The Bell Gallery, Berrima. The French Connection
2004 The Bell gallery, Berrima Spring 2004.
2004 The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney. Small Wonders
2004 Moulton Galleries, Sydney
2003 The Delmar gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney. Concerning Landscape.
2003 The Bell Gallery, Berrima. Five Contemporary Realists
2003 The Delmar Gallery, Trinity Grammar School, Sydney. Small Wonders
2003 Moulton Galleries, Sydney.
2006 Delshan Gallery, Melbourne. “introductions”
2006 The Forrest Gallery, Benandarah. An Eye for Detail
2006 Hardy Brothers Fine Art, Brisbane. Strokes of Geni
2002 The Bell Gallery, Berrima. Works on Paper
2002 The Bell Gallery, Berrima. Spring 2002
2001 Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle.
2001 CHOGM.Conference, Brisbane
2001 A.S.A.P.(Artists Supporting Animal Preservation ) Vanessa Wood Fine Art. Sydney.
2000 Qantas Chairman’s Club, Heart of Australia Sydney /Wall Street Exchange
2000 Qantas Club, Realities / Wall Street Exchange
1999 The Bell Gallery, Berrima
1999 Art Exchange International, London
1999 The Bell Gallery, Berrima. La Belle Fleur
1999 The Bell Gallery, Berrima. The Winter Exhibition
1999 The Wagner Gallery, Hong Kong
1999 Qantas Golden Wing Lounge, Melbourne / Wall Street Exchange
1999 The Forrest Gallery, Benandarah NSW. As We See It
1998 Lui Hai-Su Art Museum, Shanghai PRC. Out of Australia
1998 Gallery Attica, Katoomba NSW
1998 Qantas International Lounge, Sydney / Wall Street Exchange. Into The Light
1997 Demeter Gallery, Sydney
1997 Bell Gallery, Berrima
1997 Michael Cummerford Fine Art, Byron Bay NSW
1997 Greythorn Gallery, Melbourne
1997 North Shore Fine Art / Greenhill Galleries, Perth WA. Literal Art
1996 Dempster Fine Art, Melbourne. Christmas Show
1996 Demeter Gallery, Sydney
1995 Bell Gallery, Berrima. NSW Group Exhibition
1994 Bell Gallery, Berrima. NSW Winter Show
1993 Valerie Cohen Fine Art,Sydney. Passport to a Landscape – 12 Australian Artists
1993 Dempster Fine Art, Melbourne. Christmas Show
1992 Bridge Street Gallery, Sydney
1992 Inaugural Exhibition: Kirkcaldy Davies Gallery, Melbourne
1992 Inaugural Exhibition: Prince & Cohen Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1991 Bell Gallery, Berrima
1990 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney: Dempsters Gallery, Melbourne
1987 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1986 Exhibited in the Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1985 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1984 Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle
AwardS
2023 THE DOYLES ART AWARD - First Prize, Landscape Category
2017 KAAS Art Prize / Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize / Clayton Utz Art Award - Final selection
2016 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize- Final selection 2016 The Border Prize, Tweed Regional Gallery - Final selection
2016 The Stanthorpe Art Festival - Final selection
2015 Clayton Utz Art Award – Final selection
2015 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize- Final selection
2014 Clayton Utz Art Award – Final selection
2014 Murwillumbah Rotary Art Prize – Second Prize
2014 Ocean Shores Country Club- Overall winner and Second prize
2013 Gold Coast Art Prize – Final selection
2013 Caldera Art Award – Final selection
2013 Clayton Utz Art Award – Final selection
2013 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize- Final selection
2013 Murwillumbah Rotary Art Prize – First place & Viewers choice award
2013 Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award – Finalist
2012 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize – Finalist
2012 City of Albany Art Prize WA – Finalist
2011 Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of NSW – Finalist
2011 Prometheus Visual Art Award- Finalist
2011 City of Albany Art Prize WA – Finalist
2010 Hunter’s Hill Art Prize – People’s Choice Award
2010 City of Albany Art Prize WA– Final Selection & People’s choice Award
2010 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize – Members Choice Prize (Invitation only)
2009 Fishers Ghost Art Award – Final Selection
2009 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize – Members Choice Prize
2007 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize- Members Choice Prize
2007 Redeemer Lutheran College Foundation Art Award for Excellence- Winner
2006 Tattersall’s Club Landscape Prize- Members Choice Prize & Viewers choice award
2004 Wagga Wagga Art Society Prize – Highly commended & Viewers choice award
2003 Blake Prize for Religious Art – Final Selection
2002 Blake Prize for Religious Art – Final Selection and inclusion in ‘Touring Blake’
1997 Mosman Art Prize – Final Selection
1986 Schwartzkopff Spida Prize -Tour of Europe
1985 Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW – Final Selection
1980 Gold Coast Civic Collection – Judges selection
1976 Rockhampton City Art Prize – Highly commended
1975 Rockhampton City Art Prize – Highly commended
1975 Charleville Art Prize – Highly commended
Collections
Represented in private collections, New York; U.K.,Germany; Italy, Belgium, Canada and Spain. Queensland Art Gallery; Gold Coast Civic Collection; SGIO Collection, Brisbane; Schwartzkopff Collection; Seaworld Property Trust; Foote, Cone & Belding; CIG Collection; Rothschild Bank; Readers Digest; ANA Hotel, Sydney; Le Meridien, Melbourne; Royal Children’s Hospital, Camperdown; Corinthian Industries; Renaissance Ramada Hotel; Greythorn, London & Sydney offices; Redeemer Lutheran College, Brisbane
Bibliography
2015 Creative Artist Magazine, issue 5. ‘It’s colours and textures’
2012 Harbourview Magazine, Sydney
2012 Scoop Magazine, Perth WA, April
2011 Byron Shire Echo, ‘An eye for detail’, June 9
2011 Tweed Echo, ‘An eye for detail’, June 9
2010 Albany Advertiser WA. April 29
2010 Mosman Magazine #72 Oct- ‘Contemporary Realist-Scott McDougall’
2008 Antiques& Art in Victoria April- Aug 08
2007 Mosman Daily, Sydney
2006 Brisbane City News
2006 Courier Mail, Our Man in Havana
2000 Qantas Club Magazine, Winter 2000
1999 International Artist Magazine,April/May No.6
1999 ‘Master Painters Of The World -Australian Showcase’
1999 Artist’s Pallette, No.9 – ‘Fully Focused’
1998 Images III, Australian Contemporary Painters, Nevill Drury
1997 Monument Magazine, No.16
1997 Panorama Magazine, January Edition
1994 Images II, Australian Contemporary Painters, Nevill Drury
1993 Australian House and Garden, October
1992 Vogue Living, April
1992 Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, Niki Baroughclough
1992 Images in Contemporary Australian Paintings, Neville Drury
1991 Australian Arts Diary
1990 Australian Artist Magazine,No.36, October
1987 New Art 1, Nevill Drury
1984 Artists and Galleries of Australia, Max Germaine
1983 Art in Australia, Vol. 20, No.4
Artist Statement
I have been chasing beauty in my art in one form or another for most of my painting life. I find it in the smallest of things - a curling arabesque of flaking paint, the soft fold of fabric, colour slowly leaching from an ancient wall, fine cracks lacing a rendered wall, verdigris, scrapes and scratches. It's all scar tissue that stand witness to moments in time and history. Using this as a starting point I weave a narrative into my paintings.
My paintings reflect my passion for colour, texture and formal composition, and the excitement of travelling to new countries. I am interested in the dislocation of European architecture to foreign lands and the dramatic contrasts between the buildings, both grand and humble, and the people that inhabit them.