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Of myself, I was born in Mona Vale, Sydney, in 1965. I'll name-drop my mother's uncle, Arthur Murch, who was responsible for my mum always wanting to be an artist. But her mum wouldn't have that so she became an architect (which is how she met my dad, he was also an architect). I was always interested in drawing, and in 1982 bought my first decent camera, which led to two years at the Australian Centre For Photography at Darlinghurst in '86-87.
In 1991 I started in partnership with a watercolourist as freelance art and graphic design. During this time I exhibited at the Mary Reiby Gallery (Enmore), the Elizabeth Gallery (Newtown), the Ardt Gallery (Leichhardt), the Watchhouse Gallery (Balmain), Mr Poirot (Newtown), and had long term wall space at Ralph's Living Room Cafe (South Newtown). The partnership ceased in 1999, since when art has had to become part-time. My work is in collections in NSW, QLD, VIC, and WA, as well as England and Rome.
Artists whose work is significant to me include Modigliani, Bouguereau, Mucha, and Maxfield Parrish. George Hurrell, photographer, and Ernst Lubitsch, film director, both from Hollywood's golden years, inspired me greatly when I was studying photography; and their influence is a big part of my black and white style
I married at the end of 2000, and now have three young boys, two cars, and a mortgage. My wife, Veronica, is working at building up her homeschooling and e-publishing empire (books and music). You can find much interesting detail about our home life at www.brandt.id.au. I work four days a week as a warehouse manager for a filing and storage solutions company at Wetherill Park. I try to keep Fridays as free as possible for artwork. I would dearly love for my artwork to become my main income generator, as it has been in the past. I see this exhibition as a step in the right direction.
I can be contacted via email at peter at brandt.id.au or pbrandt at abax.com.au.
