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Graham GerckenLandscape-paintings-australia.com is a gallery of paintings by Graham Gercken.

As a young boy Graham recalls his father painting the ships he sailed on during the Second World War and the smells of oil paints and turpentine lingering through the house. His father painted as a hobby but they were finally done with lots of detail in the rigging of the sails ect.

Predominantly self taught he chose oil paints as his medium and painted wet into wet, which is the style of the impressionist artists and lends itself best for outdoor painting. His favorite artist is Sir Arthur Streeton and those of the Heidelberg school of artists.

1984 saw Graham moved to the "World Heritage listed" Blue Mountains west of Sydney. He tried a number of jobs but always felt constrained .His professional career started by selling paintings to the buses of Japanese tourists who visit the Three Sisters every day. This worked out well spending 10 years painting at Echo point.

Graham applied for an Artist In Residence at Dunmoochin, Victoria 1998, the home of renowned Australian artist Clifton Pugh, Here he met other artists and with renewed vigor painted the local landscapes plein air. This area North of Melbourne had beautiful stands of Huge River gums and other subjects which were all new and fresh to his eye. During this period Graham made more progress as an artist than any other time entering art shows and winning many awards.

In 2001 Graham returned to NSW living on the Central Coast where the sea was his next teacher . Now with the internet Graham sold his work online. The majority of his work was sold to overseas clients from the USA, Japan, UK and Europe. The Internet meant he could sell his paintings no matter where he was so he travelled to China where he lived there for 4 years and met some great Chinese artists who showed him the techniques of ink wash painting.

Graham presently lives in Lithgow NSW where he continues to sell through his online gallery. After 25 Years of professionally Painting he has won many awards, including a number of first places, had sell-out exhibitions at Prouds Art Gallery Sydney and has his paintings in some of Australia's most prestigious Art Galleries as well as the Korean consulate. Graham's works have been presented to visiting dignitaries, sports persons and are represented in private collections all over the world.

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Various works of Graham are also available in fine art prints, canvas prints and photo prints.
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