Malcolm Thomas Webster:
(born Melbourne 1949)

In the field of traditional fine watercolours, Victorian Artist Malcolm Webster is currently enjoying the fruits of his success. His passion for his work and his rapid rise in popularity both with art lovers and judges has won him Melbourne’s top three Awards in a row:  

The Camberwell Rotary Australian Watercolour Landscape Award in 2003, and this year, the St Kevin’s College Watercolour Award and the Mt Waverley Watercolour Award.

Investors in Malcolm’s work will also be pleased at this news as they will continue to enjoy viewing their collectable pieces for many years to come while rising in value.  

A graduate in Art and Design from RMIT (1970), Malcolm Webster first gained recognition as a young designer with his first prize winning entry at the National GMH Craftsman’s Guild competition. This constituted a string of highly prestigious medals (The Australian Design Award and General Motors Design Award) won for Malcolm’s contribution to the field of design and craftsmanship.  

Malcolm’s gift for visualisation and drawing sparked early interest in painting. In 1985, Malcolm’s then private practice (Designcare Pty Ltd) expanded its services from product design to illustrating and painting. During this time Malcolm gave lectures in illustration and perspective drawing at The National Institute of Design at Swinburne University.  

At this time, Malcolm produced and sold over 2000 limited edition prints and originals, through coastal galleries and in 1987, Malcolm further broadened his clientele and began architectural realistic photo simulations. Malcolm worked as a full time architectural illustrator for Vic Roads, Parks Victoria, Petroleum and Mining companies, Architects, Town planners, private developers and numerous major government projects.  

In his first entry to a show in 1996, Malcolm won the Sherbrooke McCubbin Award. This set Malcolm’s new path in painting. From 1999 he has won over 100 Awards for his distinct and popular watercolours. He has recently commenced workshops in watercolour technique for art societies and select students and is currently renewing his interests in Oil painting.   

His work is held in private collections, permanent regional gallery collections and has been featured in Australian Artist Magazine. In the last two years Malcolm has ten exhibitions to his credit. 

Using the skills honed by his professional career in illustration, Malcolm’s work has a heightened sense of accuracy and perspective detail. His work is not created in the orthodox way of most water colourists. Malcolm uses a complex range of manual techniques and materials in harmony with the brush to richly extend this wonderful medium. Malcolm’s work is also on display at David Sumner Gallery-Adelaide, Jenny Pihan Fine Art-Frankston, Adele’s Gallery-Canterbury, and The Australian Guild of Realist Artists in Camberwell, where he is a member and retired councillor.