Studied at Bradford Art College in Yorkshire, England. Graham Watson then became an Art Director in London and in 2012 was named by the Design & Art Directors Association as one of the top 20 most awarded Art Directors in the world. He is now a Board Director at Waverley, Woollahra Art School, where he studies painting, life drawing and printmaking. He was a semi-finalist in the Moran Portrait Prize in 2012, 2016 and 2022.
He has been a finalist in the Paddington Art Prize and the Mosman Art Prize with his paintings. He was a finalist in the prestigious Bernie Print Prize in Tasmania and has won the Waverley/Woolhara Print Prize. He has had various joint exhibitions with the Warringah Print Makers, including Manly Art Gallery, Hazelhurst Art Gallery and Newcastle Art Gallery. He recently had a solo exhibition at the TAP Gallery in Sydney of his woodcut prints.