Raymond Webbe: Personal Profile

An Artist's Journey
Ray was born and raised in Western Australia. His natural talent and creative flare were evident from his early school days.

He pursued his art training at Perth Institute of Technology with artist and teacher John Lugi. In 1956 Ray came to Melbourne and continued his studies at the National Art Gallery under the guidance of John Brack. John tried to encourage Ray to continue in fine art after a few successful exhibitions however the financial rewards from industry, drew Ray towards graphic illustrating for which there was great demand for Ray's style of work. He excelled in the areas of fashion and architectural illustrating. In the 1990's Ray took to the road and travelled around Australia in a caravan, during this period his renewed desire for the fine arts returned. He was taken by the beauty and colours of the outback and painted many pictures through the Flinders Ranges, however, disaster struck on his journey back to Melbourne, when by accident his caravan caught fire and all but a few paintings were saved. Ray made a significant effort to return to fine art again and entered the competition for the "James Farrell Self Portrait Award" he was inspired when he received the "Peoples Choice Award" he has gone on to achieve many awards since then.

Ray has also been commissioned to paint portraits of famous sporting celebrities and is a proud member of the Victorian Artists society, The Australian Guild of Realist Artists and Ballarat Art Society. Ray has been commissioned to judge many art shows and continues to exhibits his works around Australia & overseas.

Achievements:

1997		Woodend Art Show - Highly Commended
1998		James Farrell Self Portrait Award at the Castlemaine National Gallery - People's Choice Award
1999		Corinella Art Show - 1st Prize Oil Painting
2000		Wimmera Art Exhibition - 2nd Prize Water Colour Plus Highly Commended Acrylic
2001		Port Fairy Art Show - 1st Prize Water Colour
2001		Ballarat Agricultural Show - 1st Prize Plus Highly Commended Acrylic
2001		Warrandyte Art Show - 2nd Prize Water Colour
2001		Wimmera Art Exhibition - Highly Commended
2001		Bacchus Marsh - Highly Commended
2001		Corinella Art Show - Highly Commended
2001		Camberwell Rotary Art Show - Selected to hang for the past four years
2002		Corinella Art Show - 1st Prize Water Colour Plus Highly Commended
2002		Bacchus Marsh - Highly Commended
2002		Ballarat Art Show - Highly Commended
2002		Ballarat Agricultural Show - 1st Prize Water Colour
2003		Corinella Art Show - 2nd Prize Water Colour
2003		Wonthaggi Art Show - Highly Commended
2003		Korumburra Art Show - Highly Commended
2003		Leongatha Art Show - Highly Commended
2003		AGRA Art Show - Won Entry - Artist of the Year
2003		Wimmera Art Exhibition - 1st Prize Water Colour
2004		Ballan Art Show - 1st Prize Water Colour
2004		Corinella Art Show - 1st Prize Plus Highly Commended
2005		Wimmera Art Show - 2nd Prize Water Colour
2005		Corinella Art Show - 1st Prize Water Colour
2006		Corinella Art Show - 1st Prize Water Colour
2006		Korumburra Art Show- 1st Prize Pastel
2006		Anglesea Art Show - 1st Prize Water Colour

IMPORTANT: All orginal artwork sold is documented in the Artist's Register [ Reg. No. & Title ]