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    The Disciplined Artist

    Aug 05, 2022 4 minutes
    Lyle Dayman

    I enrolled at the South Australian School of Art immediately after leaving school, and like most part-time students, started with Object Drawing, Design and Colour followed by Antique Drawing (drawing from antique casts). Around this time I was lucky enough to get a job in the display studio with Myer Rundle Street store and my lifetime interest in art began. My career however was to be in advertising where I started as a layout man, and became a commercial artist, copywriter and account service manager. Advertising enticed me to Melbourne where I lived until returning to Adelaide 12 years ago.

    After 30 years in advertising I retired early and took up painting and immediately discovered

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