Jeff Gilberthorpe Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1939 -

Jeff Gilberthorpe (Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in 1939) is a British/Australian artist and author.
A dual British/Australian citizen, resident in Australia between 1982 and 2008, he is known primarily for "The Icon Collection" series of paintings. He is also the creator of the "Kookaburra Creek" paintings and stories and a noted wildlife artist who has exhibited several times for the Wildfowl Trust charity in Great Britain.
Exhibited artistic talent as a child, selling drawings and sketches locally into his teenage years. First exhibition, in the village of Ford in Shropshire, consisted of paintings of birds and wildlife.
Compulsory National Service in the RAF from 1960-1963 was followed by a stint at art college from 1964–65, but a rebellious nature and dislike of the forms and conventions of the time meant that this early attempt at formal artistic education was short-lived.