Before painting his first canvas in the early 90’s, Gordon was a highly acclaimed chef and innovative restaurant owner in Bendigo, Victoria, farming much of his own produce, including yabbies! In 1991 he relocated to Noosa, Queensland where his talent for drawing and painting finally emerged - he exchanged his chef’s knives for paint brushes and so began his extraordinary career as an artist.
He now lives and works from his studio in the Southern Highlands, where 10 years ago he became inspired by the local landscape and revived a past craft, sculpting; using sandstone, cortin steel and found timbers in large format.
Gordon’s training as a chef enables him to work fast and spontaneously; scraping back and layering lush acrylics onto his canvases. Together with his self-confessed passion for “wine, women and food” and his ability to record observations of humour and pathos in everyday life, the artist is rewarded with the instant appeal that has made him one of Australia’s successful artists.
In the early 90’s his passion for drawing and painting and his artistic talents and energy were re-channeled… and so began his extraordinary career as an artist. The result was the emergence of an instinctive style producing bold, humorous yet poignant reflections of the human form in all its frailty.
EXHIBITIONS
1995 The Waiting Series Fine Art Stockroom, Brisbane
1996 Feast Your Eyes - Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1996 One Man Exhibition - The Queen Street Fine Art Gallery, Sydney
1997 Solo Exhibition - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne
1997 Solo Exhibition - Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
1998 Solo Exhibition - Libby Edwards Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Solo Exhibition - Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Contemporary Australian Paintings - Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo
2000 Blown Away - Solo Exhibition Libby Edwards Gallery, Sydney
2000 Take Me Home Baby - Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2001 One Man Exhibition - Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2003 La Dolce Vita - Art Galleries Schubert, Gold Coast
2003 New Works - Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2004 Mixed Exhibition – Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2005 Autumn Mixed Exhibition – Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2005 New Works - Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2006 Solo Exhibition - Vie à la Campagne, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2006 Christmas Exhibition with Gallery Artists – Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2007 Top Guns 07 – Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2007 Solo Exhibition – Fleurtation, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2008 Group Summer Exhibition - Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2008 Solo Exhibition - Tides of Spring – Schubert Contemporary Gallery, Gold Coast Qld
2009 Solo Exhibition - Bird Song - Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2010 Solo Exhibition - Sweet Consequences - Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2011 Solo Exhibition - Melodic Conversation - Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2010 Solo Exhibition - A Long Hot Summer - Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2012 Solo Exhibition - Hy Dran Gea - Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2013 Solo Exhibition - Slippery When Wet - Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2013 Solo Exhibition - Glow, Anthea Polson Art, Qld
2015 Solo Exhibition - Light, Anthea Polson Art, QLD
2016 Featured Artist - October, Anthea Polson Art, QLD
2019 Solo Exhibition - Regenerate, Shac Gallery, NSW
COLLECTIONS
Represented in numerous private and corporate collections throughout Australia and overseas including USA, Brazil, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, Switzerland, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Japan.