Project Description
Joseph Zbukvic
Joseph Zbukvic was born in Zagreb, Croatia, Zbukvic’s early education was very versatile and included both the performing and visual arts. Despite his obvious talent for painting, in 1967 he enrolled into university to study languages and literature in order to pursue a teaching career.
He showed artistic talent early in his childhood days in former Yugoslavia. He only discovered watercolor later during the Industrial Design course at a university in Melbourne, after emigrating to Australia. He instantly fell in love with its magic and quickly became established worldwide as an artist and teacher. In his fifty year career he has published a number of instructional videos and books, including the best selling “Mood and Atmosphere”. He has won over two hundred awards, culminating in the Lifetime Achievement Award bestowed by the Plein Air magazine.
