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A Distinctive Style
Gary’s art is immediately identifiable. His unique style abandons traditional painting norms, interpreting his scenes with dramatic colour and distinctive composition.
Over 50 years, his work has been acquired for private, corporate and educational collections throughout Australia and overseas, including recent commissions for Westfield and Lend Lease.
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SIX Decades of Exhibitions
Since his first solo exhibition at Brisbane’s Dunwell Gallery in 1971, Gary has held over 50+ solo exhibitions across Australia, England and China.
He’s exhibited regularly with Kevin Hill’s Top Ten Australian Artists , conducted workshops and served as a sought-after judge for art competitions nationally.
His work has been recognised as a finalist in prestigious awards including the Lethbridge Gallery Clayton Utz Award, the Hornsby Art Prize, and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize. He’s won both juried and People’s Choice awards at the Royal Queensland Art Society.
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Painting Daily in Maleny
Born in Brisbane, Gary received early training from the late David Fowler. His background in cartography, illustration and graphics is evident in his bold use of colour and composition.
Extensive travels across Australia have fuelled five decades of work centred on the landscape he knows intimately. From the red earth of the outback to coastal ranges and hinterland vistas, these journeys inform every painting — whether the location is real or imagined.
Now based in Maleny — where his family dates back four generations — Gary paints daily in his gallery, often with visitors watching the work take shape. The gallery is a working studio as much as a exhibition space, with new pieces appearing on the walls regularly as earlier works find their homes.
Making a living as a full-time artist is rare. Gary has done it for nearly 50 years.