Warwick Deane

Website: http://www.warwickdeane.com
Email: wmdeane@optusnet.com.au

"Nosing Around"
Platypus
Oil

Warwick has been painting for more than 25 years and has won numerous awards; most notably Best Australian Flora and Fauna painting at the Herald Sun Camberwell Rotary Art Show in 2000 & 2005, and the Wildlife Art Society of Australasia Best Oil award in 2002, Bronze Medal in 2003, Gold Medal in 2004 and Silver Medal in 2006.

"Hide & Seek
Sumatran Tiger
Oil

In 2004 he completed a life size bronze statue of a female cannery worker, set in the 1930s. It was commissioned to commemorate the many female workers at the ‘Letona’ Cannery in Leeton, N.S.W., and the contribution they made over the course of it's history.

Warwick’s artwork has embraced many subjects over the years, beginning with landscapes and images of Australia’s pioneering heritage. However for the past 9 years he has focused on the subject of wildlife in art. “I have always been a realist, and ever since I picked up a brush I have been striving to capture the quality of light on my subject; but until then I had never felt such a desire to capture and communicate the essence of the subject. I found home as an artist of wildlife….”

In many regards the artist is storyteller, utilizing natures’ emotive palette to illustrate a fleeting moment in time that most of us will never bare witness to, but none the less, wish we could. Warwick’s paintings involve you in that silent narrative, capturing the essence of the animal and their environment, expressing a broad range of moods from the most subtle to the most powerful and abstract.

Working mainly in oil or charcoal, Warwick spends as much time as possible sketching and researching his subjects in the field. This is his favorite stage in the painting process where he can refine and develop his original ideas, and most importantly spend time with nature. This research gives his paintings an authenticity and attention to detail that lends such credibility to his imagery.