EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Junior Certificate (1958), Anglican Grammar School, Brisbane
Engineering Maths 1; Engineering Drawing and Perspective 1 & 2, Central Technical College, Brisbane
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Draftsman, Cardno & Davies, Consulting Engineers, Brisbane (1957-58)
Draftsman, Phillips Petroleum Co., Brisbane (1959-1966)
ART STUDIES (Without Grants or Parental Assistance)
Freehand Drawing with Ellen Howland (1957); Painting with Melville Haysom (1957-66) Intermittently, Central Technical College, Brisbane
Freehand Drawing & Etching, Graphics including Drypoint Technique, Fine Arts Academy, Perugia, Italy (1967)
Freehand Drawing, Studio Nerina Simi, Florence (1967-72)
Anatomical Drawing, Speccola Museum, Florence (1967-69) Intermittently
Fresco Painting, Freehand Drawing, Oil/Tempera Painting, Studio Pietro Annigoni, Florence, (1972-74)
Bronze Casting, Sydney University (1977)
Fine Art Lithographic Printing, Griffith University Brisbane (1991)
Fresco, Fresco Secco, Scagliola, Stucco, Lucido, Encaustic Painting, Laboratorio per Affresco di Vainella, Prato (1999)
EXHIBITIONS
31 exhibitions including 7 joint exhibitions
FRESCOS
1997 & 1999 – Catholic Church, Hendra, Brisbane
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
Royal National Association Drawing Prize
Lions Club Art Award
Hung Archibald Prize (1972) Portrait of Don Burrows
Hung Archibald Prize (1979) Portrait of Joan Sutherland
Hung Inaugural Doug Moran Prize (1988) Portrait of Lance Holt
LECTURES AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
Fresco Painting – St John’s Cathedral, Darnell Room, Brisbane
Fresco Painting – Anglican Grammar School, Final Year Art Students, Brisbane
Florence and Fresco – Dante Alighieri Society, Brisbane
Fresco Painting – Rotary Club of Stones Corner, Brisbane
Pietro Annigoni – Dante Alighieri Society, Brisbane
Fresco lecture - Salisbury Studios Queensland Incorporated
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
Timber work and framing for paintings; preparation of works on paper for presentation; archival mounting and framing knowledge, skills to direct and instruct archival techniques; gilding, etching, lithography, bronze casting, bricklaying, tiling, metalwork
AND INTERESTS
Classical, Jazz and Ethnic Music; Gardening; Gourmet Cooking; Literature, Book binding, Calligraphy, Italian Language, Honorary Life Member of the Dante Alighieri Society; Life Member NSW Art Gallery Society.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Blog article on Lance by Samantha Groenestyn : http://duchessyork.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/lances-studio/ 2013
Recording Cover, George Golla, Guitarist, 1971 Cherry Pie Records, reissued on CD 1989*
Hansard Parliamentary Debates 26 Oct 1971, p 1354
Exhibition McInnes Gallery 1972 catalogue with a foreword by Maestro Pietro Annigoni, translated into English by Gail Tregare
Sydney String Quartet, cover for Quartet’s Curriculum Vitae and Repertoire, Sydney, 1978****
Portraits of Australia, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Apple Printing Co. Pty. Ltd. Brisbane 1988 pp 12-13*
Australian Artist Magazine April 1988. Review of works by finalists inaugural Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, p 27*
Sunday Mail Newspaper 19 March 1989 p 42*
Queensland Performing Arts Complex, Programme cover, Barry Tuckwell Mozart Horn Concerti Concert, Brisbane 1990*
Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand edited by Max Germaine, Sydney, 1984-90
Northside Chronicle Newspaper 9 Sept 1992, p 7*
“Jazznotes” interviewed by Jim McCloud 24 Hours Magazine, January 1993, pp 12-13
Wet-Wall Tattoos – Ben Long and the Art of Fresco by Richard Maschal, John F. Blair, Publisher Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA 1993, p 129
South-East Advertiser Newspaper 6 Oct 1993, pp 1& 2**
Celestial Harmonies CD cover for Mayflower Publishing, Tuscon, Arizona, USA, 1994/17 CD wooden box set “Music of Islam” and sampler*
Australian Art Link Promotional Poster, Portrait of Barry Tuckwell, Sydney 1996*
Weekend Australian Newspaper 25 Oct 1997, p 25*
24 Hours Magazine, “Parsons Progress” Review of “Music of Islam” box set, March 1998, p 60*
Dreaming and the Resurrection by David Burke, Published by Imprint 1998, pp 39 and 76**
Newsletter Dante Alighieri Society, Brisbane Sept 1998, front cover, pp 3 and 4, Oct 1998, p 9**
La Fiamma Newspaper, Sydney
Weekend Courier-Mail Newspaper 23 Oct 1999, p 14*
Artists’ Palette Magazine Article by Gabrielle Baxter with 7 images Issue Dec 1999 pp 16-22*******
Celestial Harmonies CD Cover Mayflower Publishing Tuscon, Arizona, USA 2000 “I Call Australia Home”*
Move Records CD “Last Will and Testament’ Portrait Drawing of John Sangster for liner notes*
Poster for Russian Concert 2010, Brisbane
Portrait of Barry Tuckwell hung in Queensland Conservatorium of Music for the 41st International French Horn Symposium 2010
Eagles Wings, official magazine of Anglican Grammar School, Aug 2013
There are 14 graphic works in the State Library of Queensland Collection 2013
*Indicates number of images appearing in this work
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS PERTAINING TO THE ARTS
Musical Instruments - Still Life – Nine Paintings, Two Drawings
Ezra Pound, Poet - Drawing
Greta Elkins, Opera Singer – Portrait, Drawing
Dame Joan Sutherland, Opera Singer – Portrait, Five Drawings
Barry Tuckwell, French Hornist – Portrait, Two Drawings
Marcel Marceau, Mime Artist – Nine Drawings
Sydney String Quartet, Chamber Group – Eleven Drawings
Aaron Copland, Composer – Three Drawings
Herman Baumann, French Hornist – Drawing
Georg Tintner, Composer and Conductor – Portrait, Two Drawings
Lance Holt, Contra Bassist and String Instrument Maker – Portrait, Drawing
Anthony Camden, Oboist – Drawing, Monotype
Jacob and Mark Lakirovich, Violinists, Teachers – Monotype
Elisha Harrison, Violinist – Portrait
Karen Sargent, Violinist – Drawing
Peter Musson, Bassoonist – Monotype
Gunther Schuller, Composer, Conductor, Author – Two Drawings
Hossam Ramzy, Percussionist – Three Drawings
Wilhermina Fernandez – Two Drawings
Gerard Willems, Pianist – Drawing
Peter Sculthorp, Composer – Sketch
Loris Tjeknavorian - Four Drawings
Margaret Pomeranz - Drawing
Germaine Greer, Feminist, Author - Drawing
Orazio Barrese, Novelist, Screenwriter – Sketch
Samuel Beckett, Poet, Playwright - Posthumous Drawing
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS – JAZZ MUSICIANS WITH INSTRUMENTS
Les Hoveling, Saxophonist, Flautist, Clarinetist – Painting, Four Drawings, Posthumous
Rick Farbach, Bassist, Guitarist, Pianist – Drawing
Lloyd Adamson, Trumpeter – Drawing
Don Burrows, Saxophonist, Flautist, Clarinetist – Painting, Two Drawings, Two Monotypes
George Golla, Guitarist – Three Drawings, Two Monotypes
Maynard Ferguson, Trumpeter, Multi-Instrumentalist – Painting, Three Drawings
Dizzy Gillespie, Trumpeter, Pianist – Drawing
Lee Konitz, Saxophonist - Drawing
Ruby Braff, Cornetist, Trumpeter – Drawing
Art Pepper, Saxophonist, Clarinetist – Drawing
Don Menza, Saxophonist – Drawing
Errol Buddle, Multi-Instrumentalist – Three Drawings
Bob Ware, Saxophonist, Flautist, Clarinetist – Four Monotypes
Tony Hobbs, Saxophonist, Flautist – Monotype
Ed Gaston, Double Bassist, Clarinetist– Drawing
James Morrison, Multi-Instrumentalist – Painting (Unfinished), Drawing
John Sangster, Vibraphonist, Drummer, Cornetist - Painting, Two Drawings
Gerry Mulligan, Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Pianist– Two Drawings (One Posthumous)
Richie Cole, Saxophonist – Drawing
Dale Barlow, Multi-Instrumentalist - Drawing
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS – WORKS ON VARIOUS THEMES
“The Divine Comedy” by Dante Alighieri – Three Paintings, Four Drawings
“Moses in the Desert” – Painting
“Christ in the Wilderness” – Painting
“From Ghent to Aix” – Painting
“Gaspard de la Nuit” by Louis Bertrand – Two Paintings, Four Drawings (This subject is ongoing)
“King Lear” – Two Paintings, Two Drawings
“MacBeth” – Drawing, Monotype
“Salome” – Painting, Two Drawings
“Carmen” – Painting
“Oedipus” – Drawing
“Judas” – Drawing
“Christ, Crucifixion” – Fresco, Drawing
“Risen Christ” – Two Drawings
“Belly Dancer” – Two Drawings, Pastel
“The Stripper” Pepper Black – Three Drawings
“Mack the Knife” – Two Drawings, Monotype
“The Man with the Golden Arm” – Drawing
“Feast of Fools” – Two Drawings
“Christ in Emmaus’ – Fresco, Five Cartoons
“Madonna and Child” – Fresco, Drawing, Six Cartoons
“Commedia Dell’Arte” – Six Paintings, Two Drawings
“Calling of St. Peter” – Painting
COMMISSIONED WORKS OF PRINCIPLE EDUCATORS , ADMINISTRATORS, POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSMEN
Sir Joh Bjelke Petersen, Premier of Queensland – Painting
Sir Gordon Chalk, Treasurer and Premier of Queensland – Painting
Mr Vince Gair, Premier of Queensland – Painting
Mr Edward Hanlon, Premier of Queensland – Painting
Mr Jack Pizzy, Premier of Queensland – Painting
Sir David Nicholson, Speaker, Queensland Parliament – Drawing, Painting
Mr Jim Houghton, Speaker, Queensland Parliament – Painting
Mr Samuel Brassington, Speaker, Queensland Parliament – Painting
Mr John Mann, Speaker, Queensland Parliament – Painting
Mr Elvin Harvey, Furniture Maker – Painting
Mr Norbert Byrne, Businessman – Painting
Mr Pat O’Brien, Businessman – Painting
Mr Mick Simpson, Businessman – Painting
Mr William Stone, Businessman – Painting
Professor A. Wilson, The University of Queensland – Painting
Mr K Waller, School Principal – Painting
Mr C Ellis, School Principal – Painting
Dr S. Mellick, Former Head of the Anatomy Department, The University of Queensland – Painting
A MISCELLANY - DRAWINGS
Mother Teresa
Dame Sister Mary Leo
Tino Petronzio
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Peter Hackworth
Rock 'n' Roll George
Peter Carseldine
FINIS