Painting by Andrew Champion 27 Artworks Sold

Old Caloundra Lighthouse

Acrylic, Wood, Ready to hang

21cm (W) x 29cm (H) x 1cm (D)

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A$800

Arrives 21–23 Sep

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Artwork Description

The first lighthouse keeper at Caloundra was Carl 'Fader" Edlundh in 1896, at time when there were only 4 houses in Caloundra. Today, the heritage listed lighthouse has been preserved by dedicated volunteers "Friends of The Lighthouse" and is the oldest surviving building in the town.
This small acrylic painting is set around circa 1900 and has the original coastal vegetation and Canberra Terrace is still a dirt road, plus I've added the old lookout tower erected later by Mr Bulcock so that tourists could climb it and get a better view across to Moreton Island in the south east and Bribie Island in the right of the painting.

Artist Bio

Inspired by the Australian landscape, Andrew has a love for life, our beaches, forests, outback plains and wildlife.
He loves old architecture, urban design and Australian landmarks, which are a key focus of his paintings.
His work reveals a strong sense of humour, personal reflection and love of everything linked to Australia, it's history, its peoples and culture.
Born in Albury, New South Wales, Andrew spent many weekends boating and camping on the banks of local rivers, hiking through the lower Snowy Mountains, sleeping in old shearing sheds near Tallangatta, fishing with his father on the Hume Dam, inland western rivers of NSW and family holidays to Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and Bermagui on the South Coast of New South Wales.
Educated in the public school system, Andrew learnt to appreciate life as a boy from the bush who became an artist. He started sketching in the late 60's and attended art school at Albury's Technical College. Learning along the way with a variety of experiences enriched through amateur stage shows, the military, a career in new home design and sales and twenty years in public office.
Andrew has his studio and teaches adults to sketch, paint and explore their inner creative, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
Enjoy his unique and quirky individual style including the emu series, Ned Kelly, outback and ocean landscapes and Australian abstracts with a notably different style, perspective and use of colour.
His work is held in private homes right across Australia as well as Hawaii and France.

Commissions

Andrew's studio is in Sunshine Coast, Queensland