Hot Day At Lexton

Doug Wright was born in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in 1944. Between 1963 - 1964 he studied at Ballarat School of Mines Art School and in 1965 - 1966 at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, resulting in a Diploma of Art (Fine Art Painting). From 1974 he has had over 20 solo exhibitions and in 1993 a survey exhibition, which travelled Victorian Regional Galleries. his work is represented in national and state collections in Australia. Wright is now a full-time painter having retired as Senior Lecturer in charge of Painting at The University of Ballarat. He is based in Central Victoria, Australia. Lexton is a small rural town in Western Victoria.