Brian Meet the Artist Stubbington

For the ECH Encore SALA Exhibition

The South Australian Living Artists (SALA) Festival is a statewide festival of visual art which was established in 1998 to promote and celebrate the many talented visual artists in South Australia. While celebrating our 60th year, we will highlight the creativity within our ECH Encore community, to engage with both the local community and the broader audience that SALA attracts. There is creativity in every corner at Encore.

Brian shares his story by saying, "The only thing I recall getting pleasure from in my school days was art, and my art teacher. I recall being outside in the yard one day, the class had to draw the teacher; her name was Miss Raymond, and pretty good looking. After a while of scratching around she came over to view my work, and was disgusted with what I’d produced she said 'Brian do I look like that? and do my legs look like sticks? LOOK.'

"Apart from those early school days I have never had any lessons in art, just squeeze a bit of paint here and there and make it into something.

"I've painted and sold thousands over the years, mostly earning back less than what the painting has cost me! Oil paints are expensive and I've always used the best quality.

"I did sell a painting once at auction and got more than Pro Hart. The money went to the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

"Of late I've started doing some painting in acrylic mainly because of the space that I'm now restricted in, (smell of oil and danger of spilling) and of cause cost. I think for me the hardest thing is being able to stop."