Biographical Information
Born in 1938 in Dimboola Victoria.
Studied art at RMIT Melbourne 1954-58.
1960- 80-Travelled to Europe and worked in London as a graphic designer and art director.
1981 returned to Australia to live in Sydney and began to paint full time.
His paintings are mainly figurative depicting people in the Australian landscape.
Early subjects include his memories of growing up in the Wimmera district , a farming area of Victoria.
His paintings came to prominence in 1988 when Margaret Olley judged him the winner of The Sulman Prize at The Art Gallery of NSW for a large work titled “The Grand Parade at The Sydney Show.” More success followed when John Olson again awarded him his second Sulman Prize in 1989. Other prizes include The Mosman Art Prize, also the Banjo Patterson Prize.
In 1996 his series of 14 paintings titled “The Drover’s Boy” was selected to tour regional galleries and was featured on TV in the ABC Review Program.
Bob regularly exhibits in Sydney and has had shows in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Solo exhibitions abroad include Los Angeles, Honolulu and France.
In 2001 he completed a large painting commissioned by The Australian War Museum in Canberra to celebrate the 60th anniversary since the Museum was first opened. Other commissions include two large paintings for the foyer of The Australian Embassy in Tokyo.

Bob now lives in Bundeena in The Royal National Park one hours drive from Sydney where he shares a studio with his wife, the ceramic artist Inger Marchant.

Solo Exhibitions:
1985Baronia House, Sydney
1988The Moore Park Gallery, Sydney
1989The Moore Park Gallery, Sydney
1990The Moore Park Gallery, Sydney
1991Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Merrill Chase Galleries, Honolulu, USA
Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1992Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
Mulgara Gallery, Ayers Rock
Moross Studio Gallery, LA, USA
1993Moross Studio Gallery, LA, USA
1996Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1997Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
1998Australian Galleries, Sydney
2000Galerie Aalders, La Garde Freinet, France
2001Australian Galleries, Sydney
2002Galerie Aalders, La Garde Freinet, France
2003Maunsell Hughes Gallery, Sydney

Regional Galleries Touring Exhibition - The Drover’s Boy:
1995Bathurst Regional Gallery
Broken Hill Regional Gallery
1996Tamworth Regional Gallery
Dubbo Regional Gallery
Naracoorte Regional Gallery
2002Kempsey Regional Gallery
2003Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, South Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions:
1988Sulman Prize, The Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1989Sulman Prize, The Gallery of NSW, Sydney
1990Sulman Prize, The Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
1991Queensland House, London, England
The Max Fourney Museum of Naïve Art, Paris, France
The Banjo Patterson Art Prize, Winton, Queensland
1993Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1994Alice Prize, Alice Springs
1995Amnesty International, Painters Gallery, Sydney
1996Blake Prize, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1997Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
1998Broken Hill Outback Prize
1999Sulman Prize, The Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2000The Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2001Mary McKillop Exhibition, The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
2002The Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
The Opening Exhibition of the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
2003Southern Exposure Exhibition, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery
Works on Paper, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery

Art Prizes Won:
1988Sulman Prize, The Gallery of NSW
1989Sulman Prize, The Gallery of NSW
1990The Mosman Art Prize
1991The Banjo Patterson Art Prize

Commissions:
1990The commonwealth Government commissioned two large paintings for the new Australian Embassy in Tokyo. “The Iron Man Contest in Manly” and “The Melbourne Cup”
2000The Australian Tennis Open in Melbourne commissioned a painting of Rod Laver.
2002The Australian War Museum in Canberra commissioned a painting to celebrate 60 years since it opened.


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