International Panorama Council
In 2004 my wife Miriam and I, Jeff, were invited to attend and give a presentation at the 12th International Panorama Conference held in November in New York City.
Miriam on steps of Museum of Art NYC
We stayed in NYC for about 2 weeks & both enjoyed the experience very much. We enjoyed walking all over Manhattan and taking in all of the sights, finding the people to be very helpful & friendly.
Chinese party in front of one of Church's paintings Museum of Art NYC
The conference was very well organised and run and I came home very much encouraged and fired up to start my next projects. Some good contacts were made, including the Chinese gentlemen who have been very helpful.
Professor Song Huimin from the Luxun Academy of Fine Arts in China has kindly organised three very large one piece canvases ( the largest 15 metres x 5 metres) for my next projects.
The two women on the left were the other Australians at the conference, Tracy Yager and Sue Draper who painted the Fletcher's Mutiny Cyclorama on Norfolk Island.
Jeff on top of Empire State Building
I was very impressed & much inspired by Church's paintings which we saw in the NYC Museum of Art. We have also been invited by Professor Wei Ershin to attend the 13th International Panorama Conference which will be held in China. We are both looking forward to this and hope to arrive in Shenyang on the 12th September 2005 and stay for about 3 weeks.