Awards

2009    Contemporary Art Award, Central Coast Festival of the Arts

2011    Henry Lawson Festival Grenfell

2011    Winner best painting in show.

2011    Awarded the bronze statuette ‘The Drover’s Wife.                                     

Publications

Max Germaine ‘Australian Artists and Galleries’, 1990 edition (ref p 643 ‘Ian’ Stapleton)

Various Exhibition Catalogues

Special Interest

Art study tours galleries and museums

Paris 2001, 2008

Italy 2001Greece and Turkey archaeological sites 2005

London 2006

New York 2017

Nice 2017

Spain & Scandinavia 2018

Germany & Lyon/France 2019

Japan 2018, 2019

Professional artist representative Exhibitions Committee, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery 2000 – 2008.

Remote area travel Australia

Kakadu NT, 2003

Alice Springs/Ayres Rock/Kings Canyon NT, 2004

Kimberley WA 2007

Cape York QLD 2009, 2016

Pilbara WA 2010

Lake Eyre 2010 and 2012

Western QLD and Gulf country 2012

Arnhem Land NT 2021

Lake Eyre 2010 and 2012

Aerial Photography and land trips Maree, Birdsville after flooding.