- 2002 Awarded the Fleurieu Art Prize, the richest prize for landscape painting in Australia
- 1989 Returned to Australia in August and took up residence on the Gold Coast, south of Brisbane, Queensland
- 1988 Awarded second Moet & Chandon fellowship and lived in Epernay for a year on and off during 1988/89. Awarded Air and Space studio in London for 6 months
- 1987 Lived in Brisbane sharing a studio with Robert J Morris and Ian Smith
- 1979 Returned to Brisbane to paint
- 1977-8 Diploma of Art, Alexander Mackie CAE, Sydney
- 1973-6 Associate diploma in painting, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
- 1970 Went to sea at 17 years of age and worked as a deckhand periodically over the next 15 years
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| Year | |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Circus, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2004 | Woodblocks, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2003 | Central Queensland Paintings, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2002 | Land, Sea, City, Drill Hall Gallery, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 31 May – 30 June. |
| 2001 | Sydney, Paintings and Etchings, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 2000 | Moreton Bay, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 | Joe Furlonger Survey, Gold Coast City Art Gallery Travelling Exhibition |