 I spent my early years in Bristol S.W.England, at school my best subjects were art and technical drawing. I started work as an apprentice structural engineer and progressed on to the architectural side of the profession. In 1972 I emigrated to Yugoslavia. I had always had a flair for painting and drawing and started to paint on canvas for a year or two until I discovered the technique of reverse oil painting on glass. I became fascinated with this technique and studied it in Zagreb while visiting some of the more famous Croatian naïve artists such as Mijo Kovacic, Ivan Generalic and Ivan Lackovic who lived just outside Zagreb. I studied their individual techniques and over a year or two perfected my own style.
I found a market for my paintings in Italy with a smaller market in Germany and after a while became known as ‘the Snowman’ because all I seemed to paint were winter scenes. It took some time for me to start to paint the other seasons but it did open a whole new world I could explore. I still believe my best paintings are winter scenes and I really do not mind being called ‘the Snowman’. I returned to Britain just before the start of the Balkans' War and had my first exhibition in Highgate Village, London in 1985. I kept my job in architecture to pay the bills but continued painting oil on glass to satisfy my need to express myself. I am now retired so I can concentrate on my painting without any distractions.
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Size: 26.00" x 14.00"
Price: £500.00
