ART INSIGHTS Creating Wealth as a Successful Artist - John Dahlsen

form of both patronage and exhibitionopportunities by Alan Delaney from DelaneyGalleries in Perth also assisted greatly tomy uncompromising dedication to my art.Pat Corrigan in later years was anotherfigure to emulate this support.Some of the great masters, of course,provided me with great inspiration. Imust mention 17th century Spanish artistDiego Rodriguez de Silva Velazquez for hismonumental figurative paintings whichreveal, upon closer inspection, the mostamazing abstract painterly qualities. Thelater post-impressionist movement washighly inspirational, particularly artists likeVan Gogh, who’s work was explosive andbrilliant. A more complete list should alsoinclude American Abstract ExpressionistJackson Pollock and later Roy Lichtenstein,and more recently Jeff Koons, Keith Haringand Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was influencedas well by the Australian artists TonyTuckson and Ian Fairweather, primarily dueto the energy that their work conveys.13