Welcome

I hope you enjoy my humble new website. It has been constructed to enable a simple, easy to use interface. The images can be enlarged by clicking on the previews. After many years as an advertising AD, illustrator and graphic designer, I have now shifted focus onto three areas of arts practice. :

The majority of my paintings are are oil on canvas. The work is inspired by a commitment to the preservation of environment, nature and concerns about speciesism.

Murals form an important part of my work. From my base in the sub-tropical hinterland near Byron Bay, Australia, I have successfully completed many projects in Australia, Singapore, China and Ukraine. These works include commercial, domestic and public wall murals, rainforest and jungle murals, wallpaper murals, dioramas, backgrounds, landscapes and trompe l'oeil painting.

Information technology has had a huge impact on the world of the illustrator, but there is still a place for traditional illustration using tactile materials such as gouache, watercolour, air brush, ink, graphite and paper. I have embraced the new technology but I don’t think it can ever replace the wonders of natural mediums and fibres.

News

Recently selected as finalist in the 2009 CountryScapes prize ($35,000). The exhibition opened at Lismore Regional Gallery and travels to Sydney in 2010.
Awarded third prize - Caldera Art Awards 2009.
Peoples choice award - Ocean Shores Arts Expo 2008.

Galleries

Paintings may be viewed at the following galleries:

Lake Russell Gallery - Coffs Harbour NSW

Barebones Art Space - Bangalow NSW

Art on your Mobile

Some selected GW images are now available to Optus users as mobile phone wallpapers. Click here to preview "Pink Frangipani" as a wallpaper.