May was a huge month for corporate and charity shows. A stack of shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Hobart and regional areas of Australia. She obviously doesn’t know it, but Taylor Swift alone raised over $80k for charities, well, my paintings of her did anyway. At the Real Estate Institute of Australia gala dinner in Hobart, I […]
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It’s always exciting performing at sporting events. As a big sports fan myself, I get to meet the guys that I watch or have watched on TV. It was fantastic to entertain at the Qld Maroons State of Origin launch this year. I’ll never forget one of my first ever shows for a big finance
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An A-List crowd descended on the foreshores of the Opera House as TAG Heuer welcomed Chris Hemsworth as the new face and global ambassador of the brand. Jumping up onto stage I painted Chris and revealed the new campaign look in gold glitter. What impressed me is that Chris was a customer of TAG HEUER
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I admit it. I’m not used to hanging out with supermodels.. however.. I recently painted the lovely Sarah Murdoch (fashion model, TV host) for the Stroke Foundation gala dinner. Sarah’s family ended up purchasing the painting, whilst she ended up purchasing my John Lennon painting which I opened the show with. Amount raised $22k. Meanwhile,
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Revealing Award winners, VIPs or honorees is something that fits in perfectly with my shows. Having just travelled back from Abu Dhabi where I announced the “Chef of the Year” (see the video here to see how the reveal worked – it’s really something different), I travelled over to Perth and speed painted two honorees
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Speed Painter brings luck to golf star Karrie Webb? Haha.. I’d like to think so, but in reality I think Karrie Webb won the Australian Open on shear talent.. Having said that, I painted Karrie at the Womens PGA Australian Open 2014 gala event. It was standing room only as guests watched me paint the
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Photos from some recent events – maybe you can guess these well known Australians? (answers are at the bottom of the page) Painting 1 : General Peter Cosgrove, former Australian of the Year Painting 2 : Luc Longley, former Chicago Bulls player – one of Australia’s greatest basketballers Painting 3 : Wayne Carrey – one
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This painting has been getting ALOT of money recently at charity gala events – in fact it’s currently a charity entertainment favourite: it’s a great way to end the show before we go into a live auction. Upcoming Dates: 26-29 June 2013 – Shanghai. Performing at the grand opening of the first Art Inspired shopping
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At a recent event, Brad Blaze painted live on stage the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, Mr John Howard. Lauded by George W Bush as Australia’s “man of steel”, Mr Howard is Australia’s second longest serving Prime Minister. When Brad asked the former PM whether he was happy with the painting, Mr Howard responded “You
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I’ve been lucky enough to share the stage (and paint live on stage!) some of the world’s greatest sports stars. But when the star of your team that you have followed your whole life (The Canterbury Bulldogs!) takes out “Player of the Year” it’s even better. Photo: Brad Blaze and Ben Barba, live at the
