ผู้เขียน: Christopher Pender

Christopher Pender was born in England in 1944. In 1984, he immigrated to Australia and still lives there today. Throughout his life, Christopher felt that art and music were in his soul, but although he dabbled in both from time to time, he did not follow the dream. In 2014, at the age of seventy, he retired from full-time work and now had the time to get involved in his various interests. He decided to learn to play the harmonica, ordered a set of DVDs from America, and learned to play basic harmonica. Christopher also tried to rediscover his various artistic talents and started working with polymer clay, beading, felting, lino printing, dry point etching, and silkscreen painting. Although he sold some jewelry pieces made from polymer clay and some bead jewelry, along with a few felted scarves and painted silk scarves, he decided to concentrate on lino printing, etching, and silkscreen painting. His first serious silkscreen painting was a picture of a colorful parrot entitled “Showing Off.” He entered this first attempt in a local art show and, to his great surprise and pleasure, was awarded first prize. Christopher continues his love affair with music and can be seen basking with his harmonica at various locations near his home on Mount Tamborine in South East Queensland, including on Gallery Walk and at several local markets. He is also learning to play the guitar (again) and also the bodhran (Irish drum). Christopher plans to write music for the harmonica and also songs for easy listening. His one great regret is that he did not follow his dreams from an earlier age, but he is living proof that you are never too old to start something new. Christopher has a son and daughter in England and two sons living in Australia.