Stephen Wesley Gorton

Stephen Wesley Gorton (born 1952) is an Australian artist and founder of the Paddington Art School. He currently resides in Woolloomooloo, New South Wales.

Education

Stephen Wesley Gorton graduated with BA in Architecture (Honours) from Bristol University, UK in 1974. Later, Gorton completed a Bachelor of Architecture from Sydney University in 1976 with his major theses on "The Philosophy of Surrealism" and "Antonio Gaudi", where he held a one-man exhibition in 1976 after getting expelled from Alexander Mackie Art College for non-conformist ideas on Art. [http://web.archive.org/web/20011104103932/stephengorton.com/Home/About_Us/swgBiography/swgBioDetails/swgbiodetails.html]

Career

Stephen Wesley Gorton's earliest memory of his first oil painting was of a lady in blue at the age of five. Although memories don't go further back than that, there never was a time when he wasn't painting and drawing. [http://web.archive.org/web/20011216002115/stephengorton.com/Home/About_Us/swgBiography/swgbiography.html]

His work was described as "one of the best contemporary draughtsmen" by Sydney Art Gallery owner Anthony Field, who went to say, "He is one of the few whose graphic works reach beyond local or cultural boundaries". His work is owned by individuals and governments worldwide. Stephen has exhibited extensively in Europe, United States, and Australia. [http://web.archive.org/web/20011216002115/stephengorton.com/Home/About_Us/swgBiography/swgbiography.html]

In early 1999, Stephen decided to make his work more widely available through a series of limited-edition prints, promoted and distributed via the Internet. Each print, individually numbered and signed by the artist, is digitally printed on the highest quality paper. [http://web.archive.org/web/20011201233428/stephengorton.com/Home/home.cfm]

Paddington Art School

Gorton founded the Paddington Art School in Sydney, Australia in 1980 [http://www.infineart.com/bio_gorton.html] . He ran the school for 20 years intermittently while he spent periods living in New York and Cadaqués, Spain.

Writings

In 1993, he wrote and published the book "Drawing Power" [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2869146] , which explores art and the metaphysical nature of drawing and painting.

Cadaqués

From 1993 to 1994, Gorton was managed by Captain Peter Moore, Salvador Dali's former manager of 25 years. During this time, Gorton lived and worked in Dali's home town of Cadaqués, Spain, where he painted numerous portraits, homages to Dali and was offered the commission to finish Dali's unfinished paintings, which he declined. [http://www.infineart.com/bio_gorton.html]

Exhibitions [http://web.archive.org/web/20011104103932/stephengorton.com/Home/About_Us/swgBiography/swgBioDetails/swgbiodetails.html]

*1976 Bridges Gallery, Sydney
*1977 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
*1978 Brooklyn Collector Gallery, New York
*1979 The Brownstone Gallery, New York
*1980 Waverly Gallery, New York
*1981 Artistic Eye Gallery, New York
*1982 Streeter's Gallery, Chicago
*1983/9 Continuous group exhibition with 19th and 20th century Masters, "Art and Joy Gallery", Sydney
*1990 The Painters Gallery, Sydney
*1991 Finalist, Archibald Prize Exhibition, New South Wales Art Gallery, Sydney
*1993/4 Painted and exhibited in Captain Peter Moore's Museums in Cadaques, Spain
*1994/5 Sophie Van Schendel's "Galleria Cadaqués 111", Cadaques, Spain
*1996 The Immaculate Conceptions Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
*1997/8 Group exhibition of 19th and 20th century American and European Masters, "Comenos Fine art" in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
*2000/1 Bondi Spice Gallery, Sydney

Collections [http://www.infineart.com/bio_gorton.html]

Owners of Gorton's body of work include:
*Bill Clinton, Washington DC, USA
*Baron Carios Coli de Rosas, Rosas, Spain
*Captain Peter Moore, Cadaqués, Spain
*Versace Art Corporation, Genoa, Italy
*Allan Stone Gallery New York
*Comenos Fine Art, Boston Massachusetts, USA
*The Robert Lockwood Collection, Sydney, Australia
*Leigh Johnson [http://web.archive.org/web/20011104103932/stephengorton.com/Home/About_Us/swgBiography/swgBioDetails/swgbiodetails.html]

Articles and Media Appearances

*1980 - Australian Playboy Magazine, Sydney
*1984 - City Express, Sydney
*1984 - Artists and Galleries of Australia
*1984 - Australian Artist Magazine
*1986 - Australian Artist Magazine
*1987 - Simply Living Magazine, Sydney
*1988 - Ray Martin's Midday Show, Channel 9, Sydney
*1993 - de Volkskrant, Holland
*1993 - El Periodical, Spain
*1994 - Daily Telegraph, UK
*1994 - On the Street, Sydney

References

ources

*http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2869146

*http://www.infineart.com/prints_gorton.html

External links

* [http://www.stephengorton.com Stephen Wesley Gorton's website]
*http://web.archive.org/web/20011216002115/http://stephengorton.com/Home/home.cfm

*http://www.infineart.com/bio_gorton.html