Verandah Magazine
Dave Sparkes - Illuminating the East Coast
February 1 2017
If you’ve ever read Tracks (and who hasn’t?), chances are you’ve read, or seen Dave Sparkes iconic words and images. Now he’s showing his hauntingly beautiful landscape paintings at his first solo show at Byron Bay’s Lone Goat Gallery.
Tracks
Water Colour Man
January 10 2017
Rumours that Tracks senior contributor Dave Sparkes had quit surf photography after 25 years of sustained excellence and taken up painting and beret wearing have been greatly exaggerated.
Common Ground
Illumination - an Exhibition By Dave Sparkes
January 7 2017
Dave is intrigued by sunlight, shadow, and reflections, often painting from the “contra jour” (into the light) viewpoint and strives to create an atmospheric mood in his paintings. His painting is a hybrid of impressionism and realism.