Maurice Orr

Maurice studied at Belfast College of Art and design in the early 70's before working as a graphic artist in the Northern Ireland Civil Service. After taking early retirement he turned to Oil painting as a hobby. In 2002 he won his first International Residency and in 2003 he was awarded the Prestigious Northern Ireland's Arts Council Banff Residency in Alberta Canada. In 2006, through the Arts Council of Australia, he was awarded a residency for 2007 at Hill End, Bathurst Regional Gallery. He uses Oils and a palette knife to create works that have been interpreted as bringing nature to life. He ia a representational painter but with an abstract slant. He has just completed a new body of work, from his Australian 2007 residency at Hill End, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery "Gondwanaland Vibrations' is the third in the series and all are abstract pieces.