A professional artist since 1988, after he sold his signwriting business in Western Australia where he specialised in doing illustrative signs. Moving to the country in Western Australia he developed his passion for art and 4 years later moved to Tasmania to pursue his interest in watercolour painting, winning various major prizes there and having exhibitions. After 4 years moved to Brisbane and was involved with the Royal Queensland Art Society and the Watercolour Society of Queensland again winning many awards. Moved to the Sunshine Coast where he exhibited widely and later moved further north to a quieter environment. Robin has traveled widely. He has had 26 solo exhibitions, been involved in over 100 group exhibitions and won over 100 First Prizes in competitions throughout Australia. He holds workshops and teaches in both oil painting and watercolour painting.
SELECTED PRIZES
1996 1st Prize Watercolour Section, Redland Art Awards (Brisbane)
1997 Royal Queensland Art Society 108th Annual Exhibition
1998 Maryborough City Rotary Club (Open)
2000 Macgregor Lions Club Garden City Art Show, 1st Prize Opaque Section
2001 Royal Queensland Art Society 112th Annual Exhibition
2003 Ipswich Art Award – Watercolour Section 1st Prize
2003 Outdoor Art Award Noosa Outdoor Art Exhibition
2004 Outdoor Art Award Noosa People’s Choice Award
2004 Caloundra Art Award 1st Prize Local Scene Subject
2005 Maroochy Shire Acquisitional Prize
2005,2009 W/Colour & Bundaberg City Council Awards
2006,2007,2008 Maryborough Heritage City Art Competition
2010 Gympie Gold Rush Art Competition 1st Prize W/Colour
2012, 2013 Annual Blackwater Art Exhibition Best Overall Painting
2013 Waltzing Matilda Outback Art Show Winton 1st Prize
2013 Hervey Bay 30th Annual Art Exhibition 1st Prize Fraser Coast Section
2013 Ernest Henry Art Show, Cloncurry 1st Prize Watercolour Section
2014 Waltzing Matilda Outback Art Show Winton 2nd Prize
2014 Bundaberg Regional Council Award 1st Prize
2014 Gympie Gold Rush Art Competition 1st Prize Watercolour Section
2015 Bundaberg Arts Festival 2015 1st Prize
2016 Rush Art Competition Gympie, 1st Prize Acrylic/Oil
2016 Community Art Project, Gympie Regional Council
2017 Blackwater State High School Annual Art Show 1st Prize Watercolour Section
2018 Ernest Henry Memorial Art Show Cloncurry 1st Prize Watercolour Section
2018 Rush Art Competition Gympie 1st Prize Watercolour Section
2019 Bundaberg Art Prize 1st Prize Easel Painting
2019 Gladstone 44th Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards 1st Prize Easel Painting
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1989-90-91 Perth, and the Avon Valley, Western Australia.
1992-95 Sidewalk Gallery, Hobart,
Strickland Gallery, Hobart
Wrest Point Casino, Hobart
Salamanca Collection, Hobart
Masterpiece Gallery, Hobart
Gallery Two, Launceston
Alice Bale Art Award, Melbourne
International Fair, Works on Paper, Sydney
The Art Society of Tasmania, Hobart
1996 Wrest Point Casino Art Award, Hobart
1997-98 Watercolour Society of Queensland
1997-98 Wrest Point Art Award, Hobart
1997 Country Club Casino Annual Exhibition, Launceston
1998 Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane
1998 Old Boys Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society
1998 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
1999 Manly Gallery, Brisbane
1999 Sheraton Hotel, Brisbane
2000 'Focus on Brisbane', Hilton Hotel, Brisbane
2001 Watercolour Society of Queensland, Brisbane
2002-03 Strickland Gallery, Hobart
2003-04 Lighthouse Gallery, Tewantin
2004-10 Vallard House, Mt Tamborine Qld
2005 Blue Dolphin Gallery, Mooloolaba Qld
2005-06 Red Hill Gallery Brisbane
2006 Manly Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Sandy Bottoms Gallery, Noosa
2010 The Bank Gallery, Eumundi
2010-13 Cool Art Gallery, Coolum
2012 Gallery Beneath, Mooloolaba
2014 Royal Queensland Art Society “The Country Member’s Show”
2015 Jilarty, Rainbow Beach
2017 G150 Exhibition Gympie Regional Gallery
2018 Jilarty, Rainbow Beach
2019 Fraser Coast Art Gallery and Academy
2019 Hervey Bay Art Society
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1991 York, Western Australia
1992-93-94-95 Sheraton Hotel, Hobart (Strickland Gallery)
1993 Strickland Gallery, South Hobart
1994 Sidewalk Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart
1996 Wide Bay Gallery, Maryborough
1997 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
1997 The Manly Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Red Chapel Gallery, Hobart
1998 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
1998 Country Club Casino, Launceston
1999 Wide Bay Gallery, Maryborough
2000 Stephens Gallery, Brisbane
2001-02 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart
2002 Manly Gallery, Brisbane
2004 White Patch Gallery, Bribie Island
2006 Noosa North Shore Resort
2007 RM Galleries, Brisbane
2008 Cool Art Gallery, Coolum Beach
2008 Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie
2017 Jilarty, Rainbow Beach
2019 Gatakers Artspace, Maryborough