For the last few years, I have mainly been concentrating on the painterly quality in my images, allowing sensitivity to the media being used. I work mostly in oils and acrylic on canvas or wood, and lately have been developing a series of pencil drawings on paper entitled ...

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For the last few years, I have mainly been concentrating on the painterly quality in my images, allowing sensitivity to the media being used. I work mostly in oils and acrylic on canvas or wood, and lately have been developing a series of pencil drawings on paper entitled ‘Boating Songs’.
The subject matter of my work consistently draws upon images that are suggestive of the past, particularly of the 19th and early 20th century Victorian and Edwardian periods, not to portray nostalgia but to conjure an atmosphere that possesses an emotional quality suited to the theme of the work.
Images with contemporary significance such as celebrities and fashion logos are also quite often used in a subjective, poetic, romantic, and usually dark context. The explorations of personal, cultural and social identity and the workings of the human condition are the themes always present in my work, usually with a tragic overtone.
My education in art has included a diploma, and bachelor’s degree in visual art at Queensland University of Technology. I have been participating in solo and group exhibitions since 2005, both in Australia and the U.S. I have had my work appear in Australian Art Collector, Brisbane Magazine, Style Magazine, and various local publications.
I live and work from my studio in Brisbane and I am currently working on a series of drawings entitled ‘Boating Songs’, depicting images of 19th century sailors, philosophers, musicians and prostitutes, that I plan to exhibit in conjunction with a group of oil paintings on canvas with a similar theme.



Works Brisbane, Australia
Education Certificate in Illustration
Southbank Institute of Tafe, Morningside Campus 1996

Diploma of Visual Arts (Arts, Craft, Community Art)
Southbank Institute of Tafe, Morningside Campus 2001

Batchelor of Creative Industries (Visual Art)
Q.U.T. Kelvin Grove Campus 2004
Individual exhibitions 2009 Mixed Up. Modcons Artspace. Group Show. Brisbane.
2009 The Observatory. The Observatory. Solo Show. Brisbane.
2009 Eat More Art Out. Meltdown Gallery. Group Show. Los Angeles.
2009 Superior Mix. Cylinder. Group Show. Brisbane.
2008 The Illustrators. Kiln Gallery. Group Show. Brisbane.
2008 Minus Canvas 2. Jugglers Gallery. Group Show. Brisbane.
2008 The New Weird. Blankspace Gallery. Group Show. Sydney.
2008 Wonderland. Kiln Gallery. Group Show. Brisbane.
2008 Eat Your Art Out. Meltdown Gallery. Group Show. Los Angeles.
2007 Nightmare Before Christmas. Kiln Gallery. Group Show. Brisbane.
2007 Urban Illustrators. Kiln Gallery. Group Show. Brisbane.
2007 Select Seven. Cylinder. Group Show. Brisbane.
2006 MA15 . Passionfruit Gallery. Group Show. Maroochydore.
2006 Preece Release. Alibi Room. Solo Show. Brisbane.
2005 Ryan Preece. 610 Gallery. Solo Show. Brisbane.
Private Collections Queensland, New South Wales, California.

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