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    My Source Of Complete Escape

    Nov 21, 2021 4 minutes

    I was born in Melbourne in 1945 and I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t willing to spend time with a pencil in my hand. At 14 I entered a drawing competition and won a place to further my drawing skills. At the time I was unable to take this up but kept up with drawing and my love of the craft of artwork has been a source of complete escape for me.

    I left high school to do a commercial administration course at a technical school. This school had a large art department and I spent all of my free time watching the class through a

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