My home and studio is at Leonay, an outer Sydney suburb. I was born in East Germany. My wife and I arrived in Australia in November 1960; and in 1966 we moved into a new house at Leonay where we have lived ever since.
I have had no formal artistic training, but my interest in painting and also photography has always been strong.
Painting has always been a hobby of mine, and I like it to remain that way; it makes me feel free to paint what I want to paint. This seems to work well for me.
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Eye of Observation
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Gregory John Brennan: Lost Profession
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Fibre Art
This artist feels that the hardest lesson she had to learn was to believe in herself … and once she did that, everything started to fall into place and her confidence grew.
Water Lily Magic
Instead of paper and paint, this artist uses fabric and threads … and she uses a sewing machine instead of a brush. The textures, colours and prints of fabrics thrown together with threads fascinate her, and often give inspiration for her designs.
Loading Wheat – 1920s
It is rare to see an artist displaying this level of skill and understanding in capturing the activity and atmosphere of bygone days from Australia’s agricultural history.
Blahuta's Ute
Early in the year we ran a feature about ‘Utes in the Paddock’ – a landmark project by several notable artists. In this article, one of those artists shares his story and some of his views … and describes the process of creating his own piece of an amazing collaborative work.
Time Just Seems to Vanish
The end of an interesting Air Force career led eventually to a renewed passion for art for this talented man … who quite often finds himself painting into the late hours of the night.
Paint Forever!
Happiness in creating something she is passionate about is the motivation for this talented painter who would love to become a well-known wildlife artist.
Gang Gang Cockatoos
If you decide to paint birds or animals it always helps to know a little about them … things like their habitat and their eating habits. This knowledge will make your paintings more believable.
The Guardian
This artist finds pastel pencils useful for sketching and adding fine detail to a pastel painting because graphite pencils may leave indentations on pastel paper which cannot be lifted out.
