The Return of Odysseus

After the prolonged siege of Troy, Odysseus returned to Ithaca. It was an epic journey. Upon his arrival, he had been gone so long that nobody recognised him - except for his dog Argos, who fell and died with joy when he saw his master. My painting is influenced by Homer, the wall paintings of ancient Egypt and Henri Roousseau.

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Grew up in Sydney, now living on north coast of NSW. Studied ancient history and archaeology at Macquarie Uni ... Has won numerous regional prizes and been a finalist in the Wynne Prize for landscape painting (AGNSW), the Sulman Prize for genre painting (twice) and the Blake Prize for religious art (three times) ... Artist in Residence at the Griffis Art Institute, Connecticut (2001) ... Regular solo exhibitions with Salmon Galleries, Sydney ... in the collections of Peter FitzSimons, Greg Norman and John Singleton, as well as others in the US, Canada and Europe ... ... in 2002 won first prize in the Herald-Sun (Melbourne) short story competition (for 'The New Boots') ... 2007 to present, movie reviewer and rugby league correspondent for the Byron Shire Echo.