Australian How To Paint

The Call of Nature

Born in Dubbo NSW in 1981 and raised around the Mudgee/ Gulgong area of NSW, I have a deep appreciation and love for nature, the landscape and painting.

From an early age I had always drawn in pencil and was always amazed and inspired by the natural world I was also deeply inspired by surrounding countryside around the Mudgee Gulgong Region of NSW. Sensations of light, space, colour and atmosphere pushed my enthusiasm to see more and represent it through my art.

When I turned 16 I began to work in oils, inspired by my late grandmother who was also a competent landscape painter in her later years. The introduction of oils into my art opened a

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