The Australian Rationalist seeks to encourage Australian artists and cartoonists whose work supports our general views and illustrates specific articles in the journal.
We are lucky to have a number of talented Australian artists onboard. If you wish to purchase works by these artists you may contact them direct as follows:
Waldemar Buczynski
An Australian artist, Waldemar Buczynski was born Warsaw, Poland.
1974-1979 – Graduated with a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw.
1981 – Arrival in Melbourne, Australia.
1987 – Solo exhibition of paintings with Tolarno Galleries, South Yarra (director: the late Georges Mora).
1988 – First International Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne.
1988 – Finalist for the Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW.
1991 – Exhibition of drawings with ‘Cartoonists for Amnesty’ Westpac Gallery, Melbourne.
1992 – Exhibition of drawings with The Independent Monthly, Sydney.
1993 – Solo exhibition of paintings with the Australian Galleries, Melbourne (directors: the late Anne Purves and Stuart Purves).
Further samples of Waldemar’s work can be viewed at:
www.illustration.sail.to
www.fineart.has.it
www.fineart.sail.to
Simon Kneebone
Simon Kneebone has been cartooning and illustrating for twenty years, mainly in the areas of social issues, the environment, agriculture and eduction. For Simon, cartooning is putting ideas into pictures – pictures that may strike a chord with the reader, make an idea stick in their head, or, best of all, spark new ideas. He has worked with many organisations creating cartoons and illustrations for their publications, trying to encapsulate their messages visually, with a touch of humour and fun. As well as the Australian Rationalist, Simon’s cartoons appear in Thinking Bush, Austalasian Science, Health Issues, Australian Options and Pig Industry News, among other publications.
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Mandy Ord
Mandy Ord is a practising cartoonist/illustrator/animator based in Melbourne. She concentrates on auto-bio and social issues, and she can be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Wyn Richards
Wyn Richards completed a Diploma of Visual Art at Warrnambool TAFE in 1993 and has been painting ever since (when work and time permit). After three group shows and two solo exhibitions, Wyn is currently working on his third solo show, a perspective of urban habitation. His heroes include Van Gogh, Rick Amor and Leunig. In his spare time, Wyn enjoys astronomy, history and contemplating society’s foibles.
Wyn can be contacted at
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or check out some of his work at
www.netspace.net.au/~brianrichards.
Past contributor - John Kolm
John Kolm is a cartoonist, author and public speaker and is also the CEO of his own multinational company, Team Results. John worked for ACP Syme as an artist and contributing editor from 1986 til 1993, with his work appearing in almost all of their publications, and then as a freelance writer and artist from 1993 til the present. His work has appeared in magazines, books, newspapers and of course the Australian Rationalist.
In 1990, John won a Rotary Australian National Cartoonists Grand Prix Award, and in 2003 he wrote and illustrated a bestselling book for Penguin entitled Crocodile Charlie and the Holy Grail – How to Find Your Own Answers at Work and in Life <Link to review in edition 64>. Crocodile Charlie has been published in eight languages and eleven countries so far, and a sequel will be released next year. Film rights are also in negotiation. John lives near Washington DC with his family but spends half the year delivering talks and seminars in Australia and Asia. He has a wife, Leslie, and one son, Ben.
Websites : www.crocodilecharlie.com and www.teamresults.com.au
Past contributor - Peter Russell-Clarke
After starting out his career in advertising, Peter Russell-Clarke became the political cartoonist for The Melbourne Herald during the Gorton/Whitlam era. Gough Whitlam was sacked, and so was Peter Russell-Clarke. He then wrote and drew Ben Bowyang and other national and international comic strips, before writing and producing over 1,000 TV programs for the ABC and SBS, plus documentaries for Good Morning Australia and program segments for The Don Lane Show, The Paul Hogan Show, The Peter Couchman Show and others.
Peter was also creative director for advertising firms Monahan Dayman Adams and DMB&B (Masius), chairman and creative director for Market Australia Advertising, and owner of Dayman Direct, a direct mail response agency. Peter created the Doctors’ Television Network, which he sold to the Packer group, and he recently set up Spot TV, which screens TV programs in gyms, butcheries, chemists, vet clinics and hospitals. He has published fourteen books, and has recently finished writing a food encyclopaedia. Peter also paints and exhibits in Australia and many countries around the world.
If you are interested in purchasing his work, Peter can be contacted at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .