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BIOGRAPHY
Peter Carr was born in Kiama in 1955. He has lived most of his life in the inner-city suburbs of Sydney, currently in St Redfern. Upon leaving school at the age of sixteen he entered the screen-printing trade. Three years later he travelled to Britain and Ireland. He is currently employed as a gardener at Rookwood.
He was initially influenced into the world of art by William Blake, and at the age of nineteen he was introduced, by his mother, to the John Ogburn Studio, where he began painting. This was a life-changing and eye-opening experience.
He married in 1976. In 2006 he spent six months living and working in Spain – an inspirational experience. He has worked as a gardener at Rookwood Crematorium for the past eight years.
Peter has been exhibiting annually since 1979 and is a Director of the Harrington Street Gallery.
After the initial inspiration or idea for a painting, I am increasingly enjoying the uncertainty that painting brings. Where the painting takes me – the destination unknown – makes the act of painting exciting.
Peter Carr was born in Kiama in 1955. He has lived most of his life in the inner-city suburbs of Sydney, currently in St Redfern. Upon leaving school at the age of sixteen he entered the screen-printing trade. Three years later he travelled to Britain and Ireland. He is currently employed as a gardener at Rookwood.
He was initially influenced into the world of art by William Blake, and at the age of nineteen he was introduced, by his mother, to the John Ogburn Studio, where he began painting. This was a life-changing and eye-opening experience.
He married in 1976. In 2006 he spent six months living and working in Spain – an inspirational experience. He has worked as a gardener at Rookwood Crematorium for the past eight years.
Peter has been exhibiting annually since 1979 and is a Director of the Harrington Street Gallery.
After the initial inspiration or idea for a painting, I am increasingly enjoying the uncertainty that painting brings. Where the painting takes me – the destination unknown – makes the act of painting exciting.