Banjo Harmonica – 153x153cm

Bruce Whately
Australian Artist

Bruce Whatley is one of Australia’s most highly regarded and talented authors and illustrators for children, both in Australia and internationally. Bruce started his working life in advertising as an art director and illustrator and since then he has created over 90 picture books.

In 2002 Bruce paired with author Jackie French and illustrated Diary of a Wombat – an iconic picture book that has become an international best-seller with foreign sales to nine territories.  One of the most remarkable aspects of Bruce’s talent is the breadth of his artistic ability, which includes an appealing cartoon style to realistic representations using mediums ranging from coloured pencils, watercolour, acrylic and oils, and more recently, 3D digital software.

in 2023 Bruce was a finalist in the SOHO art prize  –  with a large format acrylic on canvas painting.  Since this exhibition Bruce has started to further develop his painting practise with an exploration into portraiture & figurative representations