Often using landscapes and aerial photography as a starting point, Poole takes you on a journey, playing with the perspective within each of his works. The paintings attempt to fool the eye, as the artist shifts and alters the shapes and colours of the three dimensional world to suit his own mood and aesthetic. A sense of movement is evoked, where images and symbols metamorphose on the canvas.
Poole’s work offers the viewer a world of tilted angles, hidden images and personal symbols where solid forms become two dimensional patterns, with the detail stripped away.
Having originally studied sculpture, part time, at the Waverley Art School, Poole was able to return to artistic study, after years working as a butcher, in 1994 he complete a graduate diploma at the National Art School, Sydney. On graduating Poole became the founder of the Lennox Street Studios, Newtown, where he has helped foster the area’s artistic community.
biography
1945 Born Sydney, Australia
1977 Travelled USA & Europe
1979-80 Studied sculpture at National Art School, Sydney
1984 Travelled USA & Europe. Studied Italian in Florence
1985 Studied pastel drawing at Waverley Art Centre
1986 Studied drawing at Waverley Art Centre
1987 Studied painting at Waverley Art Centre
1988 Travelled Eastern Europe, Turkey & Egypt. Studied Italian in Florence
1989 Studied sculpture at Waverley Art Centre
1990-91 Studied painting at Waverley Art Centre
1992 Started fine arts course at National Art School
1994 Graduated with Diploma Fine Arts, National Art School
1995 Established Lennox St Studios Newtown
2000 Graduated with Bachelor Fine Arts, National Art School
EXHIBITIONS
1994 Graduate show, National Art School
1995 Group exhibition, TAFE Collection
1996 Group exhibition, National Art School
Solo exhibition, Gallery 133, Sydney
Solo exhibition, Gallery 133, Sydney
1997 Exhibition Palette Café, Glebe Sydney
1999 Solo exhibition, PCL Gallery, Surry Hills Sydney
2000 Group show, Lennox St Studios
2001 solo exhibition, Australian High Commission, London
Group show, Lennox St Studios
2002 Group show, Royal London Hospital, London
Cable St Exhibition, London
Group show, Lennox St Studios Sydney
2003 Cable St Exhibition, London
Group show, Lennox St Studios Sydney
2004 Sheridan Russell Gallery, London
2005 Feb Depot Gallery Danks street Sydney
2006 Group show, Lennox St Studios Sydney
2007 Group show, Lennox St Studios.Sydney
2008 Depot Gallery Danks St Sydney Sydney
2009 Nov. Lennox street exhibition. Sydney.
2010 Jan. St Vincent hospital Exhibition. Sydney.
Works held in London University Collection, and private collections in UK, Canada,
Australia and New Zealand and U.S.A