We welcome you to join us at the next Paint n Sip with Artist David Hooper. David will be demonstrating a ship painting.

Award winning marine and landscape artist, David Hooper, lived for over 30 years in Port Hedland – an outback mining port on the north coast of WA. The Pilbara has been called ‘the economic heartbeat of Australia’ and the Iron Ore ships that visit on every tide are one of Hooper’s favourite subjects. He says;

“I love painting the rugged outback landscape with it’s flooding rivers, ghost gums, and rocky outcrops. And my ‘happy place’ is a sundowner on a beach, with family, friends, a BBQ & a beer.”

Recently relocating to Coffs Harbour to be nearer family, David is finding fresh inspiration in the wonderful scenery of the east coast of Australia, as well as the west. There’s a whole new countryside to explore and paint! It was on one of these outings that he discovered a bowler hat in a gorgeous little 2nd-hand store in Bellingen. 

“It brought back childhood memories – my uncles had a bowler hat! They were so cool.”

David is finding fresh inspiration in the wonderful scenery of the east coast of Australia, as well as the west. His paintings are once again filled with greens and blues, in no small way, it’s a bit like ‘coming home.’

Cost per session: $110pp
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Where: Courthouse Gallery+Studio
16 Edgar Street, Port Hedland