Swimmers (2006) Arts numériques par Henry Bateman

Henry Bateman has been creating art for most of his life. Having no great interest in sport and being somewhat of a loner during his formative years, he spent a considerable amount of his time painting and drawing. He did this to such an extent that art was only subject in which he excelled at school.
With a dubious academic record to his credit, he followed his parent's advice and completed a 5 year apprenticeship as an electronics technician. A few months after its completion, he joined Strand Electric, one of Australia's major theatrical supply companies. Six months later he bid them a fond farewell, relocated to the other side of the country and commenced work as the Assistant Technical Manager for the Perth Entertainment Centre.
Here his artistic skills were encouraged and he started learning the intricacies of stage lighting. Rubbing shoulders with both international and national lighting designers, his skills quickly developed and he soon found himself creating light shows for the acts that graced the boards of this 8000 seat touring venue.
This was followed by a 2 year stint as Technical Director for the Western Australian Ballet Company. As well as lighting the majority of the company's productions, he started to design and construct the stage settings for some of their ballets.
Following his heart, he again traversed the country relocating in Queensland. He kept body and soul together with itinerant theatrical work and whilst resting between engagements, his passion for drawing and painting resurfaced. A move south to NSW saw his occupation with painting increase and his theatrical pursuits became a part time quest for a livelihood.
After 18 months in the premier state it was off across the continent again with his soon to be wife in tow. The painting bug was now firmly entrenched and he enrolled at The Claremont School of Art. He completed the first year which at the end of he held his first one man exhibition at the Octagon Theatre on the campus of the University of WA. During that year, he also designed the sets and the lighting for the Plays Plus Players production of Dennis Potters', Son of Man, to universal critical acclaim
Still an indifferent student instead of returning to art school for his second year, he set up his own studio and commenced to paint full time. Following the pattern set by his time in NSW, he kept body and soul together for himself and his young family with itinerate theatrical work. His second one man exhibition entitled "Hung up on a Wall" created some controversy with adjacent business owners and the owners of the building in which gallery was housed. The poster advertising the exhibition, an abstracted nude self portrait, was the cause for concern.
The arrival of his third child impressed upon Bateman that neither his art nor itinerate theatrical work would produce sufficient income to feed, clothe and educate his small tribe. This time he head south to the WA town of Albany where he took over t...

• Nationalité: AUSTRALIE
• Date de naissance : 1950
• Domaines artistiques:
• Groupes: Artistes Contemporains Australiens