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biographical
history
1942
Born Sydney, Australia
1959-68
Worked on pastoral properties in Queensland and in the Riverina
1969-72 Lived in London supported by a clerical job; began
to paint;
travelled to the continent and Ireland
1973-76 Full time study University of NSW BA (Hons); began
exhibiting
paintings Since 1977 Has been a full-time painter and a
member of the
Australian Watercolour Institute
1979 Travelled to the UK
1981-84 Vice-President of the Australian Watercolour Institute
1987 Officially invited to Antarctica with Jan Senbergs
and Bea Maddock
1991 Residency in Ipswich and West Moreton coalfields, Queensland
Has been painting full-time since 1977 and has been living
in the Blue
Mountains for the past ten years.
Recent Solo Exhibitions:
1988 Gallery 460, Gosford NSW
1989 Philip Bacon Gallery, Qld
1990 BMG Fine Art, Adelaide
1991 Gallery 460, Gosford NSW
1992 The Colours of Black”, Ipswich City Council Regional
Gallery
1993 Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1994 Paris and Beyond”, Espace Alliance; Sydney
1995 France Recalled”, Espace Alliance; Sydney
1996 North Shore Fine Art, Sydney; Lilianfels, Katoomba.
1997 Bathurst Regional Art Gallery;
1999 Gallery 460, Gosford NSW
2000 Port Jackson Press, Melbourne; Salamanca Collection
Recent Selected Joint Exhibitions:
1988 Antarctic Journey, Three Artists in Antarctica,
John Caldwell, Bea
Maddock, Jan Senbergs
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart and touring to
Newcastle
Regional Art Gallery
1989 Antarctic Journey, Brisbane City Hall Art Museum, Manning
Regional
Gallery
1993 Four Artists Exhibition Delmar Gallery with Judy Cassab,
Eva
Kubbos and Gytis Danta
1996 Travels Afar, Gallery 460, Gosford NSW
Recent Selected Group Exhibitions:
1988 Survey of Contemporary Artists, Gallery 460, Gosford
NSW
1989 Works on Paper, Gallery 460, Gosford NSW
Twentieth Century Australian Watercolours, AGNSW, Sydney
Lloyd Rees and Friends Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1990 Gallery 460s 10th Birthday Exhibition
1991 Kedumba Drawing Award
1992 Impressions of Mining Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery
1995 Watercolours Art Gallery New South Wales
1996 Travels Affar Gallery 460, Gosford
1996 "Dobell Drawing Prize" AGNSW, Sydney
Awards:
1982, 1983 Royal Easter Show, Sydney - Seascape Prize
1984, 1986 Royal Easter Show, Sydney - Miniature Prize
1984, 1987 Art Gallery of NSW - Trustees Watercolour Prize
1986 Watercolour Prize & Portrait Prize; Mosman Art
Prize; Warringah
Art Prize
1987 Royal Easter Show, Sydney - Watercolour Prize; Mahlab
Law Week Art
Prize
1990 Aberdare Purchase Award
1990 Walkom Manning Art Prize
1996, 2000 Wyong Festival of the Arts Open Award
1997 Tattersalls National Landscape Art Award, Brisbane
1999 Tattersalls National Landscape Art Award, Brisbane
Collections:
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery,
Hobart; SH
Ervin Gallery; Sydney; Douglas Stewart Memorial Purchase;
Artbank; The
Robert Holmes a Court Collection, Perth; University of NSW;
University of
Western Australia; The Antarctic Division; Trinity Grammar
School;
Gosford City, Warringah and Mosman Council Collections;
corporate and
private collections in Australia and overseas.
Bibliography:
Brackenreg, John (ed). The Australian Landscape in Oils
and Watercolour
Australian Artist Editions, Sydney, 1983.
Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painting Rigby, 1983.
Germaine, Max. Artists & Galleries of Australia and
New Zealand Craftsman
House, 1990.
Germaine, Max. Artists & Galleries of Australia and
New Zealand Landsdowne
Editions, 1979.
Kaleski, Sonia. Challenging Watercolours from John Caldwell,
Canberra
Times March 18, 1981.
McIntyre, Arthur. In Suburbia, The Australian September,
1977.
Short, Susannah. Watercolourist makes splash in the art
world”, The
Northern Herald May 2, 1985.
Ward, Peter. A journey round Antarctica, The Weekend Australian
February
28 - March 1, 1987.
Ward, Peter. The Riviera down among the Icebergs, The Weekend
Australian
March 7-8, 1987.
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