User:Worldcoarts/Artist Michael Cartwright

Michael Cartwright Artist, is a painter and sculptor known for his monumental art works. He was born in 1959, in Wangaratta, Australia. In 1981 he met Shona Nunan, a sculptor who he has been with ever since. In 1984 they travelled to Carrara in Italy to carve sculpture in marble and to prepare waxes for bronze casting. They had two children, Jacob and Sollai and with them they travelled to Ireland and France to create works of art for exhibition. In 1988 Cartwright created his first large sculpture in the Barossa Valley, SA, Australia. The sculpture, `Rising', (200 x 180 x 100 cm) was carved in 6 weeks in white marble. In 1992 Michael Cartwright, with his partner Nunan, began travelling to Hong Kong and Singapore where they met collectors, interior designers and architects. It was at this stage that Cartwright began work on monumental art. Such as, `Passage' a five meter tall bronze and granite sculpture in Singapore at the World Expo Cente. In 2001 he had a major car accident with his family which left him unable to stand for long periods to create sculpture of any scale. It was at this stage he began painting again which led to his first monumental painting for Beijing, 'Journey', a 50 meter long x 5 meter tall painting in Capital M Beijing restaurant overlooking Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. In 2005 he and his partner, Shona Nunan, moved to Italy, Bagni di Lucca.