Thomas Charles Storrie

Thomas Charles Storrie was born on 26th of January, 1981 in Cairns, Australia. His parents are Christine Kathryn Storrie and Bruce Malcolm Storrie.

His Aboriginal heritage comes from his maternal grandmother, Pauline Daphne Koffal, nee Olsworth, who was born and raised in Yarrabah. Her father was from the Koko Lamalama people and her mother from the Kuku Yalianji people. Thomas is also of Scottish and German heritage.

Thomas has fond memories of growing up around the Cairns area, fishing and swimming with family and friends.

Thomas is a contemporary Indigenous artist whose works mainly consist of black and white photo-realism sketching, using charcoal and conte crayon, acrylic paints and linoprint.

His artwork is generally an expression of his culture, thoughts, feelings, travels and experiences while growing up in such a rich environment as far North Queensland. Thomas has always been artistic from a young age and at school excelled at arts, graphics and most things to do with using your hands. He went on to complete a Diploma of Visual Arts at Central Gippsland Institute of Tafe in Victoria and then studied Indigenous Art at Tropical North Queensland Institute of Tafe in Cairns.

Thomas is also a fully qualified upholsterer. Thomas has exhibited and sold artwork in Cairns, Townsville, Brisbane, Maroochydore, Sydney, as well as parts of Victoria. Thomas feels that his artwork is constantly evolving and he is not afraid to try new medium and styles to add new dimensions to his art style and production.

Thomas, being a local artist, will have is artwork featured in glaskins gallery, along with, at times being a resident artist painting and linoprinting in the gallery during opening hours.

Thomas will be available for commissions and consultation in the gallery.