biography

Ron Reynolds was born at Mount Gambier, South Australia

Occupation
Artist / teacher

Exhibitions
Nine one-man exhibitions:

Eltham Gallery 2004
Eltham Wiregrass Gallery
Victorian Artists Society Galleries
Manningham Gallery 2008

Group exhibitions
Bartoni, South Yarra
Eltham Gallery
Doncaster Gallery
Wiregrass, Eltham
Cato Gallery, East Melbourne

Collections
Art Bank, Canberra
City of Nillumbik (formerly Shire of Diamond Valley)
Hawthorn Institute of State Education
CIG Collection
Private collections in Australia & overseas

Awards
First prize RSPCA Melbourne 1995 & 1997 (Judges from National Gallery of Victoria)
Victorian Artists Society Artist of the Year 1996
VAS Norman Kaye Medal 1997

Art education
Diploma of Fine Art, Preston Institute of Technology (Studied under Peter Booth, Dale Hickey, Brian Siedel & David Tolley) 1974-76
Diploma of Education, Hawthorn State College 1977
Private art study tours - France & England 1976, France, Spain, Italy, England & Scotland 1995, France 2003, 2006, Italy 2006

Method
Paints mainly in oils

Semi-abstract images built upon figurative studies drawn from life. Most works completed in the studio from reductive compositional drawings.

Paintings have a strong underlying structure achieved by line & colour.