Basically I'm just an Aussie Boy, an adventurer for what's new and old, a traveller of some 42 countries in search, a seeker in the bush and a passionate for living things.
A reflection in my early years, is when I discovered my creativity in Kindergarten, where I remember recreating a 8 foot version of the Titanic and the usual childhood, I was building lego cities and cubby houses in two story trees, which led to my preadolescence where I spent hours and days designing resort floor plans, some spread out across our lounge room floor and based on memories from travel and images of places like the Sheraton Mirage Port Douglas and Hayman Island in Far North Queensland, to my early teens where I was designing elaborate sketches of clothings, dresses, hats, jeans, tops and hispster etc and in my later teens I was obsessed with writing documents and designing computer programmes.
Whilst my professional career has also seen myself to have worn a few hats in my life til now, from commencing work around the age of 13 years as a young, keen and bright eyed kitchen hand working amongst leading chefs in Adelaide restaurants, where I developed my skills and creativity to become a very young executive chef of a leading Adelaide restaurant at the age of 20 years and then a few years later as a two time Restauranteur in Adelaide's East End Food & Art Scene.
iDuring these early experiences I noticed that I was still in search of something more, which led me back to further study in Food Science and Environmental Health Science and on to managing a Soy Based Food Manufacturer whilst working with organisations, state and federal government agencies in Food Safety standards, Food Safety Systems and Quality Assurance programmes, which led me taking on roles like Food Scientist United States Department Of Defence based in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Dubai, to Mining General Management roles in Australia & PNG and til now, Artistic Creator, Designer and Art Gallery Owner and Exhibitor.
So thank you for ingurgitating a reflection on my life happenings at my Darwin Art Gallery, Top End Art.
Artist "TE"
“TE” a notable and talented expressionism artist lives on the Darwin Esplanade and his art gallery “Top End Art” is located in the Voyage Arcade, 38 Smith Street Mall Darwin and conducts art workshops at his gallery and sometimes at his “pop up” gallery at the Parap Markets on Saturdays.
"TE" a Featured Local Artist at several Australian Galleries and Key Local Darwin-based and Darwin connected abstract artist, creates vibrant, colourful abstract expressionism art using various mediums on Crocodiles, Boomerangs, Didgeridoos, Canvases, Prints, Remarques & Sunglasses.
Darwin Visual Arts Member (DVA)
