Lloyd Hornsby (Gawura)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Aboriginal Artist |
| Location | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Introduction | The artist Lloyd Nolan Hornsby (b. 1947) is a Koori (descendent of the NSW aboriginal Yuin people). His passion and talent for art manifested in childhood and developed while in his adolescence. In fact, he wooed his childhood sweetheart, Wendy (now his wife of some 38 years), with gifts of his paintings and carvings. Upon leaving school he trained as a Commercial Artist, leading to a job as a window dresser for McDonald & East before working as a metal polisher in the aluminium industry, where he honed his skills in metallurgy and anodising. Managing an anodising plant for a Multi National Company until he retired from that at the age of 38 and went into business for himself. For the past 20 years he has been running a successful commercial landscape maintenance company called Amrak Services. |
| Interests | Theatre, Movies, Touring the country with my wife, Aboriginal Culture, Family, |
| Favorite movies | Action |
| Favorite music | Country |
| Favorite books | History |