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As a
member of the "Brushmen of the Bush", John has exhibited in
every mainland Capital and many Regional Centres throughout Australia.
Overseas
exhibition venues have included London (twice), New York, Los Angeles
and Rome, with Exhibition Openings by Prince Charles, The Duchess of
Kent, Prime Minister Bob Hawke, two Governors General and State
Governors in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western
Australia.
A feature
of all Brushmen of the Bush Exhibitions was the strong focus on raising
funds for Charities and over one million dollars in today's values was
raised since their formation in 1972, with particular emphasis on
assisting childrens charities.
John has
also had a number of solo Exhibitions and his works may be found in many
Civic and private collections, including those of Prince Charles; Lord
McLean; Qantas - (where his works appeared on the "Australian
Artists" In Flight Menu Series); N.S.W. House, London; Broken Hill
Regional Art Gallery; University of N.S.W.; Editor of "American
Artist" David Preiss; Queen's Silversmith Stuart Devlin and many
other significant collections.
In recent
years John has included both his beloved Outback and the semi-tropical
area of Mackay in his paintings and has been actively involved in
facilitating patient art activity at the Rehabilitation and Acute
Care Wards at the Mackay Base Hospital and the Mackay BiPolar group.
As an Art
Judge and Guest Speaker, he has travelled to many Centres in Queensland,
New South Wales and Victoria , judging and providing encouragement to
both adult and child artists.
Apart
from a career spanning more than fifty years in broadcasting, John has
had a long association with theatre, including writing and producing the
very successful musical "The Roaring Days!" - chronicling the
first five years of the development of Broken Hill. Other
interests have included sculpture, photography, gliding and piloting his
hot air balloon "Don Quixote".
Bibliography:
"Art
and Artists in Australia" Max Germaine
"A Big Country" Volume 2 Ron Iddon
"Brushmen of the Bush" Australian Womens Weekly
"Encyclopaedia of Australian Art" Allan McCulloch
"Australian Artists Today" 3rd edition Graeme Norris
"Qantas in flight and Menus"
Television
"A
Brush with Royalty" A Big Country - ABC-TV
"The End of the Rainbow" - Channel 0-28
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