About me

I'm Gaz Anson, an Australian abstract artist working with acrylics. I also love writing children's books, but ... that's another story. ;) My painting, and probably my writing too, is borne out of a creative upbringing by an artist mother, and exposure to a variety of art forms throughout my life.

My interest when I was younger was sketching — I'd spend hours drawing dogs and horses. Later, as a younger man, I went through a period producing geometric, mandala-like art using gouache.

My real passion now is painting in acrylic to produce heavily abstracted landscapes and seascapes. Even so, I'm still very much exploring different themes and styles, as you will see.

I produce most of my artwork on canvas, and some on plywood panels. I also create work on paper and occasionally produce digital work.

I have a love of texture which derives from my enjoyment of pottery and the feel of natural objects like shells and water-smoothed rocks. Talk to me about making tors — on the beach, around the garden, inside the house even!

My pieces are often a unique mix of bold design and vibrant colour too, sometimes restrained and minimalistic — but with each one communicating a different vision.

With every stroke of my brush or scrape of my palette knife, I'm looking to marry together what I see in the outer world with a visual representation of my inner landscape.

As the work on this website hopefully shows, my art is essentially a celebration of creativity and an honouring of the mystery behind it.