Professional and Academic Information
General Information:
Born 25 February 1953 in Birmingham England immigrated to Australia in 1955 has been painting hes whole life, professionally since 1973 Lived and worked in Australia,England,Switzerland,Crete,India,Germany,Belgium (where he is now) Father of 3 children ;oldest son 24 Marc Wilkins is wellknown international Film Director,second oldest 22 Luke Wilkins is an up and coming film star,Poet and Musician ,my Partner over the last 16 years is German born Cordula Ehms Artist,Stylist,Coach/Trainer and my most critical criticer and the sunshine of my Life My other Professions are Coach/Trainer,Doctor of Natural Medicine, Author Musician/Songwriter, I have written,sung and written the lyrics for 6 CD´s I have written two books "The girl with nine toes" also available in German. "EMOTIO" only available in German. My Paintings and Music are strongly influenced by my work as a Therapist,teaching People to be self responsible,self relient and to believe in themselves.I think this is why the upmost aim of my creations are to move people emotionally,by painting "Faces of Life" i am pondering the very source of human feelings,Love,Belief,Spirituality and Hope.Another strong influence are my friends the Australian Aborigines who taught me that we all come from the same Beginning and that descriminating skin colour,creed,culture or religion has absolutely nothing to do with relationships,Friends or spreading Peace and is most probably the most viscious weapon known to Mankind. If somebody asked me what the true meaning of my Art is ,i think i would say "live your Life,Live your Love"
I work mainly in Acrylics using Pigments,Sand and crushed shells to give Texture and depth,I worked for 15 years in nothing but Oils until I had to admit that using this media I could not Paint fast enough to create the paintings in my head. I also do Sculptures and Light Objects Painted Furniture Frescoes Murals Portraits
Exhibitions (the most important) Art Museum of Bern Switzerland 1978 Agora Gallery New York 2001 Rainyday Gallery Cornwall 2001 Artisticlicense Gallery London 2001 Worldfineart Gallery New York 2002 Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 2002 Spring Award Bled 2002 Slovenia Circle city gallery New York 2002/2003 Art-Domain.com Gallery Mallorca 2003 Babelearte Piacenza Italy 2003 Inspired Art Fair London 2003 Perdurabo Art Gallery London 2003 Mariners Gallery Cornwall 2004 Kini Gallery Cologne 2004 The Green House Belgium 2006 Artofimagination Italy 2007
Professional Experience:
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