I had been framing for my wife, Ekaterina Mortensen, and then at the start of 2008 decided I should do some paintings to put in the frames myself. Having told Katya for years that if ever I paint I would paint with a large brush on large canvases, I started with small ones - miniatures. My earliest miniatures picked up a Highly Commended in the Royal National Canberra Art Show in 2008, followed by a Second Prize (miniatures) in 2009, 2nd Prize in Goulburn Workers Club Annual Art Prize acrylics section in 2024. I have had works hanging at The Artists Shed in Queanbeyan, the TAP Gallery in...more
