Glenn Woodley
Painter (Hill End, NSW)

Born in 1955 and growing up in Jamaica, Glenn Woodley's artworks are strongly influenced by Jamaican/Reggae 'street art of the third world'. Glenn believes every painting is a song, and every exhibition is an album, and describes most of his work as 'visual reggae'. His family moved to Sydney Australia in the early 70's, and as a child Glenn attended Cranbrook School. He has been painting since age 14, and in 1973 Glenn received first prize for the 'Cranbrook School Painting Prize'. He was personally awarded the prize by Australian artist Russell Drysdale, and during the same year also achieved top marks in NSW in Art History.

Glenn went on to attend the National Art School during the 70's. He later spent 10 years living on Scotland Island in Sydney's northern beaches Pittwater region, where he created a series of paintings based on the Pittwater water-ways. He has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions, and his work has twice been in the Blake Touring Prize. His work was also awarded second place to John Colburn in the early 80's. His solo exhibitions have been held at galleries including Nicholson Street Gallery, Stephen Mori Gallery and Exiles Gallery.

Glenn has been living in Hill End in New South Wales for 8 years. He spent time renovating a 'mud-shack' for the National Parks and now lives and works in the premises fulltime. Glenn is interested in connecting with visual artists and artists of other genres, and is particularly interested in exploring cross-cultural opportunities between artists on the northern beaches and Hill End.

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