Paul Cavell, Postcard Incident

PAUL CAVELL (Australian, b.1946) Postcard Incident, 1989 oil on canvas 95 x 122cm Acquired: 2000 109371.

Biography:

Born in Melbourne in 1946, Paul Cavell was a recipient of a Commonwealth scholarship in 1965 which enabled him to study art at Melbourne University. Two years later, he transferred to RMIT to undertake studies in graphic design and illustration.

Between 1969 and 1972, Cavel was commissioned as an illustrator firstly, for Content Publishing, and later, CSIRO and the Department of Overseas Trade. During 1976, Paul taught graphic design at Geohagen College (Broadmeadows, Vic), and later became an 'artist in residence' where he taught etching, art, screen printing, and linocut. Paul also went onto expand his practice to include film-making.

Cavell exhibited regularly over the years, and he is represented in public, corporate and private collections including Artbank, ANZ Bank Collection, National Library, and the New Parliament House Collection.