Bill McSwain
Artist & Potter

 

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Bill McSwain

Artist & Potter

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Last Updated in October 2011

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Solo Exhibitions in Melbourne & Adelaide

Group Exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide

Exhibited with Victorian Artists’ Society since 1970

North Melbourne Watercolour Prize in 1971, 1972

Camdem Landscape Prize 1972

Exhibited with Australian Water Colour Institute since 1973

Painted at the National Gallery, London, UK – copied Old Masters 1975

Protege to Tom Gleghorne in Master Protege Exhibition, Adelaide Festival of Arts Exhibition, 1976

Commended Prize in West Lakes Prize, Adelaide, 1980

Commended Prize for Portraiture, Sydney Show, 1981

Exhibition ‘Olympic Games’, Australian Post Office, Adelaide 1988

Hilton International Grand Prix Exhibition, 1989

The Sherbrook Shire Watercolour Award, Melbourne, 1991

Commended Prize for Landscape Painting, Glen Waverly, Rotary Arts Show, 1991

Commended Prize for Oil & Acrylic Painting, Flagstaff Hill, Rotary Arts Show, 1992

Commended Prize for Mixed Media Drawing, Flagstaff Hill, Rotary Arts Show, 1992

Hub Tavern Merit Award for Acrylic Painting, Rotary Club of Flagstaff Hill Art & Photographic Exhibition, 1993

Premier Art Supplies Merit Award to Mixed or Alternative Medium, Rotary Club of Flagstaff Hill Art & Photographic Exhibition, 1993

Represented in the La Trobe Gallery

Represented in private collections throughout Australia and overseas including; Sun River, Oregon, USA; Gothenburg, Sweden; Tonga; Vaiaku Lagu Hotel, Tuvalu

Represented in literary work; Australian Watercolour Painters 1780 to Present Day, Author, Jean Campbell;  Artists & Galleries of Australia Volume II M-Z, Author, Max Germaine