By: Graham Gercken
Graham was born in Queensland Australia 1960, but was drawn to spend most of his life in the "World Heritage listed" Blue Mountains west of Sydney. This region with its natural beauty was Graham's inspiration to become a Landscape Artist. After 20 Years of professionally Painting he has won many awards, including a number of first places, had sell-out exhibitions at Prouds Art Gallery Sydney and has his paintings in some of Australia's most prestigious Art Galleries as well as the Korean consulate. Grahams works have been presented to visiting dignitaries, sports persons and are represented in private collections all over the world. Graham's only teacher has been nature herself taking every opportunity to paint on location "Plein Air" .