DON WATERS

At the early age of three my potential as an artist came to the fore. I would sit on the lounge room floor painting and drawing with anything I could lay my hands on... boot polish, nail polish, lipstick... anything that had colour and could be used as paint! While I was growing up my parents spent a lot of time touring Australia and owning several country pubs. This saw the beginning of my figurative paintings. I loved to watch the old characters that frequented the pubs and I based several works on these wonderful people. My mentor and teacher, Francis Lymburner, taught me very early how to express myself using the minimum of lines in my work whilst still enabling the viewer to understand, and most importantly, enjoy.