Barry McCann
Barry’s interest in art emerged as a young adult during school and it wasn’t until he enrolled in the Canberra School of Arts in an introductory course in watercolour that his appetite for art began. He stumbled upon a book about the life and works of John Singer Sargent and this has influenced him ever since. He has studied with many leading artists and in 2000 he began painting fulltime.
His work has been hung in numerous exhibitions and art prizes including the “Archibald Prize”, The Art Gallery of NSW, “The Kilgour Prize”, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, and “The Mortimore Prize” in Dubbo and the “Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize”.
He continues to pursue the “perfect image” that he sees in his mind’s eye with hope that he never gets there.