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.
Latest News - April 2009
After many months in the making this new website was launched in April 2009. Follow the links in the main menu to browse a selection of recent murals, paintings and illustrations in high definition.
Galleries
Paintings may be viewed at the following galleries:
Lake Russell Gallery - Coffs Harbour NSW
Barebones Art Space - Bangalow NSW
Competitions
Once again intent on entering art competitions. The first entry was into the Ocean Shores Arts Expo 2008 with an oil painting on linen - ‘Ancestral lands of the swamp wallaby’. The work won the people’s choice award.
Art on your Mobile
Some selected GW images are now available as mobile phone wallpapers or screensavers from youmenow.