Biography

1968 - 69 Studied Graphic Design Caulfield Institute of TAFE
1971 – 75 Studied Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1973 Received Commonwealth of Australia Grant to visit Japan as an observer at the International Design Conference in Kyoto (ICSIC)
1976 Travelled and painted Europe and UK
1981 Travelled and painted Indonesia (Java and Bali), Singapore, Hong Kong and Macau
1984 Travelled and painted Japan
1982 - 87 Painted ‘The Swimming Pool’ series
1987 13 June, Radio 3RRR – Interview with Roger Taylor at the Collingwood Leisure Centre – The Big Splash
1984 - 89 Painted ‘The Four Seasons – views and impressions of Melbourne urban landscape’ series
1989 26 October – Radio 3PBS – Interview with Hugo Leschen
1990 Set up studio at Cowes, Phillip Island Victoria
1984 – 93 Painted ‘The Beach’ series

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1979 Melbourne University Gallery – Scenes from a Spanish Journey
1983 Painters Gallery Sydney – Java, Bali, Hong Kong and Macau Series
1987 Roar Studios, Melbourne - The Swimming Pool Series
The Collingwood Leisure Centre - The Swimming Pool Series
1989 Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne – ‘Four Seasons – Views and Impressions of Melbourne Urban Landscape’
1992 Lyttleton Gallery, Melbourne Pastel Paintings – Contemplations of Changing Light on Rural and Urban Landscapes
1995 Flinders Land Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Glen Eira City Gallery – Urban Landscapes and the Natural World
2000 Glen Eira City Gallery - Island

JOINT EXHIBITIONS
1981 De Carle Lane Studio. Brunswick – with Rafael Gurvich
1983 Elizabeth Street Studio, North Melbourne – with Rafael Gurvich
2002/2003 The Blue Penguin Gallery – with Rafael Gurvich

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1977 Mornington Peninsula Drawing Prize
1979 Save the Children Fund – Nauru House
1988 50 Fine Artists – Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, curated by Hugo Leschen
1989 The Road Summer Show – Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne
1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair – Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1991 Lyttleton Gallery – A Positive View - mixed collection of fine paintings and ceramics
1997 Editions Gallery – Armadale
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (cont’d)
1998 The Fleurieu Biennale – The McLaren Vale Prize & the Fleurieu Vistas Prize –
The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre - We are Australian – Toured Australia 2000/2001
2006 Chrysalis Publishing – Arts A Great Gift

PUBLIC COLLECTION
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Melbourne University Gallery
Vilius University Library, Vilius, Lithuania
Australian Print Workshop
Artbank
Arthur Young & Associates
News Limited (New York)
Federal Airports Corporation
Also Represented in private collections in Australia and abroad


BOOK COVER
Outlook – an Anthology of Australian Poetry for Senior Students – Ron Pretty.
Published Longman Cheshire 1992


BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Encyclopedia of Australian Art – Alan & Susan McCulloch. Published Allen & Unwin 1994
McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art – published the Miegunya Press. 2006

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