BORN 1952

STUDIES

Trinity Grammar School Melbourne where he excelled at print making. He then travelled throughout Australia, Asia and Europe and, although largely self taught, completed several painting courses on returning to Australia.

Background

As a landscape painter Westle says “My aim as a landscape painter is to express what being in the bush means to me. My paintings speak of the precious moments when we take time out to communicate with nature. The time we sit on the headlands and dream about the future and reflect on the past, the times we walk along the lonely track and winder about the complexity of it all. The times we share friendship and just marvel at the beauty of it all. It’s a wonderful world we live in, I strive for my paintings to reflect some of that wonder.”

Themes

Westle’s enthusiasm for the Australian landscape and seascape is evident in the colour, freedom of application and raw energy emanating from his paintings, through which he has evolved a distinctive language for landscape.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1995    Valerie Cohen Fine Art Paddington NSW
1996    LibbyEdwardsGalleries, South Yarra,
1997    First Settlement Gallery Sorrento,
1998    LibbyEdwardsGalleries, South Yarra
1999    Group Exhibition, Art Images Gallery, Norwood SA & First Settlement Gallery, Sorrento
2000    Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
2001    First Settlement Gallery, Sorrento
2002    Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
2003    Without Pier Gallery, Sandringham
2004    Without Pier Gallery, Sandringham
2004    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2005    Without Pier 10TH Anniversary Show at Glen Eira Gallery
2005    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2005    Art Images Gallery, Norwood, SA
2006    Without Pier Gallery, Cheltenham
2007    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney
2008    Without Pier Gallery, Victoria
2009    Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
2009   Without Pier Gallery
2009    Paintbox Gallery,Canberra
2010    Gadfly Gallery, Perth (with Jane Flowers)
2010    Without Pier Gallery, Victoria
2010    Paintbox Gallery,Canberra
2011    Gadfly Gallery, Perth, Western Australia
2012    Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney

COLLECTIONS

Australia, Hong Kong, Asia, Europe and the USA.