A professional artist, Malcolm places great emphasis on the composition and content of a subject.  Combined with sound draftsmanship and an understanding of tonal contrasts and colour, his paintings are both visually interesting and straightforward statements of everyday places and things around him.  His paintings depict the life and activity of his environment.  His watercolours and oils are characterized by a purity of colour and a straightforward arrangement of tonal values.  This emphasizes the light, which, together with a broad approach to detail and careful composition make his paintings stand out from the crowd.

Malcolm’s work is represented in corporate and private collections both in Australia and overseas and is available through a number of Melbourne and regional galleries.  He undertakes regular workshops and demonstrations throughout Australia, and runs a school conducting classes in both watercolour and oil painting technique. He has led painting tours overseas, and, as a regular contributor to the Australian Artist Magazine and International Artist Magazine, his interest in recording his culture and heritage is well known.

His first book, Simplifying Complex Subjects in Watercolour, was published in 2003 by International Artist.

Born in 1945, Malcolm works and lives with his wife and children in Melbourne, Australia.

Prizes

1996 Camberwell Rotary - 1st prize watercolour

1998 Altona Rotary - best watercolour

1998 Warragul Rotary - best watercolour

1999 Sorrento Rotary - best watercolour

1999 Victor Harbor Rotary - best watercolour to $900

1999 Royal Sydney Easter Show - best watercolour

1999 Camberwell Rotary - best urban landscape

1999 Drummoyne Art Show Sydney - 1st prize watercolour

2000 Ivanhoe Art Show - best watercolour

2000 Altona Rotary - best watercolour

2001 Sorrento Rotary -best painting in show

2001 Altona Rotary - best watercolour to $750

2003 Altona Rotary - best watercolour to $750

2005 Sorrento Rotary - best watercolour

2005 Victor Harbor Rotary - best watercolour

2005 Drouin Art Show - best painting in show

2005 Strathdon Community - best painting in show

2005 Strathdon Community - best watercolour

2005 Yarram Rotary Tarra Festival - best painting in show

2005 St Kevins Art Show - best watercolour

2005 Ivanhoe Art Show - best watercolour to $1,500

2005 Altona Rotary - best painting in show

2005 Hamilton Rotary - best watercolour to $900

2007 Sorrento Rotary - best watercolour

2007 Drouin Art Show - best watercolour

2007 .Knox Art Show – best watercolour

2007 Chelsea Art Show – best painting in show

Publications

SIMPLIFYING COMPLEX SUBJECTS IN WATERCOLOUR

published by International Artist, 2003  ISBN 1 - 929834 - 24 - 1

WORK SIMPLE, LEARN BIG - sketching with pen & watercolour

published by International Artist, 2003  ISBN 1 - 929834 - 27 - 6