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Latitude
-37.814167
Longitude
144.963056
Start Date
1965-01-01
End Date
1965-01-01

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ID
tb9a53

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DAAO URL
https://www.daao.org.au/bio/gavin-okeefe
Birth Place
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Biography
Illustrator, graphic designer and musician, was born in Melbourne. Having trained as a violinist, he worked professionally in an orchestra. His illustrations have appeared on book jackets, in science fiction magazines, horror comics, media guides, educational resource books, and in “Visions of Fairyland” (1985). He cites his 'major artistic and literary influences’ as 'Aubrey Beardsley, Charles Dodgson, Rene Magritte, Mervyn Peake, Richard Dadd, Richard Doyle, Henri Rousseau, William Blake, Maurits Escher and Terry Langtry’. In 1989-90 he did a series of pen and ink drawings for 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’, published in Melbourne by the Carroll Foundation in 1990. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography. Writers: Kerr, Joan Date written: 1996 Last updated: 2007
Born
b. 1965
Summary
Late 20th century Melbourne illustrator, graphic designer and musician, O'Keefe exhibited in the 1990 exhibition "Alice 125 : A celebration of the world's favourite book" which celebrated Lewis Carroll's classic novel.
Gender
Male
Died
None listed
Age at death
None listed