About the artist:

Life

First day of Spring, 1944: born
‘50’s: started painting in oils .
Mid ‘60’s: married, raised five children and worked as specialist contractor in the construction industry.
Early new century: closed down the construction contracting business and moved to Icy Creek, where there are Lyrebirds for breakfast and mountains as far as the eye can see.

Education

1962 Matriculated, Marcellin College, Melbourne
!963/64 Architecture, RMIT.
1966/68 Religious study, Pallotti College
1969 Short art course, Caulfield Institute

Exhibitions

1976 Group Exhibition, Young Originals Gallery, Prahran.
1999 Tmesis Gallery, Mt Eliza(“Continentscape”)
2000 Group exhibition at Serigraph Gallery, Neerim South, Vic (“Inside Out”)
2001 Collingwood Gallery (Artist Space) (“I was just passing by a fence at Kilcunda”)
Collingwood Gallery (“A Deconstructed Life”)
Old Drouin Butter Factory, Drouin, Vic (“Landscapes and other Emotions”)
2002 Group exhibition, Mira Fine Art Gallery (Emerging Artists)
Shared exhibition Collingwood Gallery (“Are we Having Fun Yet?”),
Artist of the Month, Serigraph Gallery (“Wilsons Promontory-The Granites”),
2002/’03 Meeniyan Art Gallery, Meeniyan, Vic (“Wilsons Promontory-The Granites”),
2003 West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Vic (“Baw Baw Plateau – snow gums and granites”),
2004 Meeniyan Art Gallery “William Buckley Series”
2005 West Gippsland Arts Centre (“Icy Creek Aspective” & “Journey to Bonnum Pic”),
2006 West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul, Vic (“'Ligion, Land and Lazy Auction ”),

Publications

1981 “The Foot Soldier of Ephesus”, A comic strip
2004 “William Buckley – A Visual Narrative”

Cred

2002 Shortlisted, Daffodil Day Arts Awards
Highly Commended, Aurora Australis Art Show (“Crucifiction 2”)
2003 Winner Spiritual Section, Aurora Australis Art Show (“Cathedral”)
2004 Shortlisted, John Leslie Art Prize (Gippsland Regional Art Gallery) (“Ridge”)
2005 Shortlisted, Tattersall’s Contemporary Art Prize (Williamstown Festival) (“Yarra Gorge”)
Highly Commended, Daffodil Day Arts Awards (“Kent…not drowning, living!”)
2006 Highly commended ALVARO PAINTING PRIZE ("Great Western " CH 2 of the story "Returning Home from Brunswick Heads"
2008 Shortlisted, Flanagan Art Prize (Ballarat) ("Canyon")

Collections

Baw Baw Shire Council (“Icy Creek Aspective”)

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