List of artworks by Maynard Waters
1186 - 'Lower Fort Street Facing South' 67x80 by Maynard Waters Info: framed	1187 - 'Five Flags via Daylesford' 57x91 by Maynard Waters Info: framed	1188 - 'Into Monto Qld' 49x78 by Maynard Waters Info: framed
1189 - 'Over the Lockyer Valley' 127x101 by Maynard Waters Info: framed	1199 - 'Glebe Hill Sydney' 82x98 by Maynard Waters Info: framed
Total 5 artworks found!

Artist: Maynard Waters

Maynard Waters was born in Sydney, N.S.W. in 1936 and learned the carpentry trade working with his father.  His work took him from town to town where he met characters and saw places which he painted for relaxation and personal pleasure rather than doing art for art’s sake.

It was in Canberra that he was first persuaded to send some of his work to an occasional gallery.  They quickly sold and by 1967 he was making a good living from painting and today his work is featured in public and private galleries both in Australia and overseas.

Maynard Waters is in a large group of highly successful painters who find it unnecessary to enter into art prizes but states his satisfaction comes from watching the faces of the public as they view his artwork. “Children make the greatest judges – their judgment is fair and final.”

Maynard Waters taught for a time at the Canberra Technical College and went through the trauma of indecision as to whether he should teach or paint. He is a perfectionist and found that he could not do two things at the one time and do them both well.  However he admits to having gained new ideas from the students he taught.

Maynard Waters works hard at his paintings and whilst he works quickly on the canvas, much time is given to pre-planning and innovative thinking -  starting with the a comprehensive oil sketch, he builds up the basic surface with paint, generally unmixed straight from the tube using very fine brush-working and completing a canvas in 6 to 10 sittings.