David O’Gradey, Oil Painter – 33

I believe that to paint sincerely one must reach deep inside and find the things that affect us most.

I despair at how the many short-term profiteers, with complete disregard for the future, seem hell-bent on destroying our beautiful home. Mother earth.

I don’t know if art has ever changed the world, but it has through the ages aroused discussion and thought and this, surely, is where the seeds of change germinate.
My current series looks at the murderous Australian frontier wars during white settlement.