Ted Dansey
Ted is a member and former General Manager of the Victorian Artists Society. He is also a tutor and member of Hobsons Bay Art Society.
Ted has been a practicing artist for most of his life, being one of the lucky people who managed to combine art with work by commencing his working career as a ticketwriter and signwriter before moving on to graphic designing and illustration.
Ted held a key role as Creative Director and Senior Designer with the State Government of Victoria and the Premiers Private Office before being saught after as Production Manager and Art Director for a leading Victorian Media Company (Starcom Worldwide).
Ted studied watercolours with David Taylor in the early nineties and watercolour has remained his favoured medium since, though he does admit to dragging out the old oils on occasions.
“I have drawn for as long as I care to remember. I love plein air painting, teaching and giving the occasional demonstration. My philosophy is ‘Keep it Simple’, See the beauty and paint from the heart. "Enough things can go wrong anyway!”
Drawn towards an impressionist approach to painting, some of Ted’s favourite role models include John Singer Sargent, Edward Seago, Harold Herbert and R. W. Sturgess.
Ted has had fourteen solo exhibitions since 2000 as well a number of group shows with artist friends including the '5' (Mary Hyde, Julian Bruere, Ray Hewitt, John Hunt and himself), all good friends. Ted believes that this is the most exciting and fun group he has been involved with.
A number of First Prizes and Commendations in various Art Shows have included:
Ted is a member and former General Manager of the Victorian Artists Society. He is also a tutor and member of Hobsons Bay Art Society.
Ted has been a practicing artist for most of his life, being one of the lucky people who managed to combine art with work by commencing his working career as a ticketwriter and signwriter before moving on to graphic designing and illustration.
Ted held a key role as Creative Director and Senior Designer with the State Government of Victoria and the Premiers Private Office before being saught after as Production Manager and Art Director for a leading Victorian Media Company (Starcom Worldwide).
Ted studied watercolours with David Taylor in the early nineties and watercolour has remained his favoured medium since, though he does admit to dragging out the old oils on occasions.
“I have drawn for as long as I care to remember. I love plein air painting, teaching and giving the occasional demonstration. My philosophy is ‘Keep it Simple’, See the beauty and paint from the heart. "Enough things can go wrong anyway!”
Drawn towards an impressionist approach to painting, some of Ted’s favourite role models include John Singer Sargent, Edward Seago, Harold Herbert and R. W. Sturgess.
Ted has had fourteen solo exhibitions since 2000 as well a number of group shows with artist friends including the '5' (Mary Hyde, Julian Bruere, Ray Hewitt, John Hunt and himself), all good friends. Ted believes that this is the most exciting and fun group he has been involved with.
A number of First Prizes and Commendations in various Art Shows have included:
- Victorian Artists Society’s Artist of the Year Award for 2007
- Victorian Artists Society’s Gordon Moffatt Award for 2011
- The Moonee Valley Art Show Watercolour 1st Prize
- The Hobsons Bay Rotary Art Show 1st Prize for Watercolour
- Best work on paper Yea Rotary Art Show• Best Watercolour Brighton Rotary Art Show
- Best Watercolour Brighton Rotary Art Show
