Tony Champ
Co-Proprietor, Open/Advanced Class Tutor
Tony Champ is a master instructor in all media and has been drawing and painting from a very early age.
Tony has taught art for more than 20 years and continues to be passionate and full of enthusiasm in sharing an amazing wealth of knowledge. Tony has accumulated information and techniques to become a master of many styles. His classes are naturally charged with joyous energy.
Tony is one of the best acrylic artists this country has ever produced. Amongst his 25 years as a commercial artist, he was an illustrator for the Courier Mail/Sunday Mail for almost eight years and won five Stanley Awards as best realist illustrator in Australia between 1989-1994. He is still greatly sort after for private commissions. The ability to teach in varied styles, such as realism, impressionism/expressionism, fantasy and film/comic art has kept Tony much in demand.
Tony is known for his dynamic workshops, a specialist in instructing students to become self-managing, efficient problem solvers and to understand the depth of creative self expression, be it beginner or highly advanced.
