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Grahame Martin was born in Tamworth and moved to Newcastle at an early age with his initial art training in the medium of watercolour. He has now been sketching and painting for some sixty plus years with many solo exhibitions to his credit and has featured in many major galleries. Grahame has been an exhibiting member of the Royal Art Society of N.S.W, the Victorian Artists Society and the Australian Guild of Realist Artists.

Greg Hyde was born in Sydney in 1950 to Russian/Australian parents. As both his parents were trained as commercial artists they encouraged him to paint and sketch from an early age. Although art was not part of the curriculum he and a group of friends began painting and exhibiting at school and worked to establish a gallery as part of the regular life of the school.

In 1968-71 Greg studied medicine but chose to take a year’s leave of absence in 1972 to travel and visit art galleries both in Australia and abroad. He visited the USA briefly and then spent two years living and painting in England. He made a brief visit to Russia in 1973 to connect with his heritage and there he developed an abiding love of the iconographic art tradition.

In 1976-77 Greg and his young family went to live in the countryside of a small island in Greece. There he developed a strong rapport with this ancient landscape deeply imbued with myth. His feelings for the colour, texture and spirituality of this landscape continue to live in some of his paintings today.

On returning to Australia, Greg and his family moved to a small farm outside Bathurst. The family created a home which expresses a love of the places that they have visited, and a commitment to a lifestyle which is in harmony with the Australian environment. Greg’s paintings reflect this harmony. He has developed a style which combines his love of the European tradition with an insightful use of the natural features and cultural phenomena of traditional and modern Australia to create a personal iconography.

Stephanie Field was born in the County of Kent, England and came to Australia in 1973, settling in Perth, Western Australia where she raised a family of three. During this time she completed studies in ceramics and porcelain painting resulting in many awards.

In 1989 the family moved to the Blue Mountains and Stephanie completed a Drawing and Fine Arts course in Sydney whilst also studying “Greg Turner & Reg Campbell oil painting technique”.

Awards won for both painting and drawing have resulted in sales and commissions from both local and international clients. Stephanie moved to Bega in 1999, where she drew inspiration from this beautiful and varied area, specialising in tonal drawings with subjects that varied from old buildings,portraits, animals and wildlife to still life.