Hinchliffe, David
David is a practising artists and regularly donates paintings to charities and community organisations in Central Ward.
David has had seventeen solo painting exhibitions, two photographic exhibitions and participated in nine mixed exhibitions. He produced fifty sketches for the ‘Toowoomba Sketchbook” (1976, Rigby Publishers) and in 1991 produced a coffee table book of photographs entitled “Two to the Valley” which won the Australian Photographic Book Award in 1992. He took the photographs for the “Here and Now” exhibition on refugees at City Hall in February 2003.
Artist Statement
I think my art and my job as a Councillor have coalesced over the years. Much of my painting material these days tends to be about the area I represent in Council, the inner city of Brisbane. So I'm actually borrowing subject matter for my art from my job as a Councillor. My 'day job' is assisted by my art in several ways. Firstly, I'm able to donate paintings to many organisations in my community. For example in the month of October I raised several thousands dollars for Windsor State School and a charity to assist homelessness. Over the last 20 years, I estimate I've been able to contribute around $100,000 from the donation and sale of my paintings. As well, having a good eye for the 'aesthetic' is useful for a Councillor. We should be trying to improve the beauty of our local area -- our parks, streets, malls and plazas for example. So art and politics are by no means mutually exclusive!
