Five Minutes of Fame

These are the works for which I have received awards.

“Marcie and (Rose)”

A portrait of my good friend Marcia Gibbs, who was seven months pregnant at the time of the portrait. I stood on a ping-pong table on her veandah to draw and paint this work. It gives a good indication of her character, both vulnerable and feisty.

Oil on Canvas.

Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize 1998.

Judge Prof. Alistair Rowan, Principal Edinburgh College of Art.

Selectors Alan Dodge, Director of the Art Gallery of WA

Dr Daniel Thomas, art historian and critic.

“Three Views of Clintonvale”

A conflation of three views of a local landscape.

Mixed media on Arches paper.

Winner, Warwick Art Prize local artist’s award 1999.

Judge Glenn Cooke, Queensland Art Gallery.

“Gestures”

A life drawing confection.

Mixed media on watercolour paper.

Winner, Warwick Art Prize local artist’s award 2000.

                                                  Judge Irene Amos, OAM

“Mutton”

The side of a sheep transport out West.

Oil on panel.

Winner, Warwick Art Prize local artist’s award 2001.

Judge Wim de Vos

“Darr’s Farm”

Local farm at Clintonvale.

Pencil on watercolour paper.

Winner, Warwick Art Prize local artist’s award 2002.

Judge Peter Denham, Queensland Art Gallery.

“Rod Milgate”

My esteemed tutor.

Oil and wax on panel.

Winner, Warwick Art Prize local artist’s award 2005.

“Freestone Fields”

Oil on panel.

Winner, Warwick Art Prize local artist’s award 2006.

“Laurie’s Morning Thaw”

I used to pass Laurie King every morning on my way to work as a builder, where he’d sit out the front of his house catching the sun.

Oil on panel.

Finalist, Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2004.

Judges Dr. Daniel Thomas and Lindy Lee.

“Scorpio Rising”

I did this drawing in charcoal in ten minutes in a drunken burst at Eulo while teaching. Painted over several weeks.

Winner Heysen Prize for Australian Landscape 2004.

Judges Susan Sideris, Director, Kingston Gallery

George Steggles, Assistant Prof. Emeritus, Uni. Of Victoria, British Columbia.

Keith Woodward, art consultant.

“Bill’s had a Gutful”

From the Dying Darling series.

Charcoal on panel.

Winner Hugh Sawrey Art Award 2012.

Judges Dr. Campbell Gray, Director Uni. Of Queensland Art Museum

Kelly Tierney, BA, MA.