Kevin Rogers - bringing back the pioneering days of early Australia.

Kevin Rogers - Local Artist

We have a highly talented artist in our local midst hailing from Howard - Kevin Rogers. Kevin is an award winning and internationally published local artist. Kevin paints and draws landscapes, portraits and specialises in bringing back the pioneering days of early Australia through his highly detailed artworks.

Kevin has delightfully enhanced some of our local history images - giving them a new lease of life. Have a look in our image gallery and see if you can find the original images!

Opening of the Burrum River Traffic Bridge, 1926

Kevin Rogers with his collection.

Kevin was born in Brisbane, raised at the Gold Coast and left it at age 18 for life’s great adventure. This adventure had Kevin living in every State and Territory in Australia, travelling the world and living for six years in Malaysia.

William Street, Howard, Queensland c. 1900

Kevin has always had an interest in art and photography and since his first success at an art competition at the age of 13 in 1970, he has honed his skills to the level he enjoys today. He has amassed a portfolio of winning artworks in many competitions around Australia and overseas.
He brings the history of Australia back to life, through highly detailed large pen and watercolour pieces along with pencil artworks on paper and vellum. Kevin classifies himself as an Historical Artist who lovingly brings old photos back to life reflecting what life was like in Australia's pioneering past

 Scarness Hervey Bay, Queensland c. 1930

Australian Artists is a Facebook page Kevin began and has administered since 2013. The group has around 10,000 members across the country. Kevin enjoys imparting his knowledge and time to art and receives the same in return from the talented members of his group.
Kevin’s exhibitions encompass works from as little as a postcard to as big as a metre wide pieces and the eclectic range has something for everyone. Kevin recently was awarded Master Member of the Coloured Pencil Community of Australasia Inc. He joins the elite crowd of 21 such artists worldwide and is the only Queenslander out of five Australians to have this honour.

The Esplanade, Hervey Bay, Queensland c. 1930

 Van Cootens, Howard, Queensland

Garden Party, Brooklyn House, Howard, Queensland

Kevin will have an exhibition running from November to late December this year at the Maryborough Art Gallery at 282 Kent Street.  The exhibition will have over 80 artworks in it and will be called Eclectica.
Published with permission from Kevin Rogers
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