Warwick Pascoe - Biography - Sandblasted Glass Art

Warwick Pascoe.....I was born in Sydney where most of my childhood leisure days were spent at the beach - resulting in a love of the ocean, the main influence in my art. My career background is as a draftsman with 12 years as an airbrush artist. The style of my paintings has ranged from abstract through to photorealistic marinescapes.
In 1993 I bought a small sandblaster to erase paint from my airbrush paintings and ended up experimenting on glass (both art forms have many techniques in common). The experiments on glass were so intriuging glass became the main focus of my work. Traditional sandetching techniques restrict expression, and it was important for me to be able to capture freeform lines and brush strokes. Early successes with this freer approach gave me the drive to spend the next 3 years perfecting my technique which left fellow sandcarvers baffled. I have been using different contemporary lighting techniques as well as natural light to highlight my work in glass. State of the art LED bulbs diffuse white or coloured light throughout the entire panels of glass - dramatically highlighting the sculpted forms. The changing natural light throughout the day creates different accents on the artwork causing subtle changes to occur in the mood of the room. My work is constantly evolving, I am now combining glass carving, airbrush painting and edgelighting techniques in my increasingly popular work.

Successful exhibitions include:
- Winner of the 1989 Tennant Creek Art Award
- Winner 1993 Coolangatta Contemporary Art Prize
- Invitation Charity Exhibition Coolangatta 1993
- Invitation Charity Exhibition of miniature paintings Darwin 1995
- Invitation Charity Exhibition Darwin 1996
- First major exhibition of multi level carved glass at the Darwin Fringe Festival 1996
- Culminations Exhibition Byron Artisans Gallery Byron Bay 1996
- Artist in Residence on Hamilton Island Nov '97 to Feb '98
- Artist in Residence on Hamilton Island Nov '98 to Feb '99
- Exhibitor at Australian Craft Show in Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra '97 - '05
- Exhibitor at Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2001 to 2005
- Designex 2004 Sydney.
- 2005 to 08 in house exhibitions only and commissioned work

Most of our work is custom made. A range of work is on display and for sale at
Clearlight Designs 10 / 21-23 Tasman Way BYRON BAY NSW 2481 Australia Ph/Fax - 61 2 6685 5316. E-mail -pascoe@mullum.com.au	Links to visit www.ByronBayRegion.com for a portal onto all aspects of Byron Bay www.byronindustrial.com for more of Clearlight Designs and over 50 other creative artisans of Byron Bay. www.art-search.com.au for artists of Australia

Links to visit
www.ByronBayRegion.com
for a portal onto all aspects of Byron Bay
www.byronindustrial.com
for more of Clearlight Designs
and over 50 other creative artisans of
Byron Bay.
www.art-search.com.au for artists of Australia