Peter Gouldthorpe

• Name — Peter Gouldthorpe • Birth Name — Peter James Gouldthorpe • Born — 30 July 1954 • Birthplace — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia • Field — Children's books, illustration, landscape painting, trompe l'Oeil • Website — {https: petergouldthorpe.com}

Gouldthorpe was born in Melbourne, but most of his childhood was spent in the Northern Beaches of Sydney. After leaving high school, he studied art at East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School), before moving to Tasmania at the age of nineteen. Here, he taught at Devonport and Launceston TAFE colleges, and began painting landscapes, holding several solo exhibitions in Devonport at The Little Gallery (now the Devonport Regional Gallery).

Gouldthorpe's work appears in many other areas, including murals, stamps, advertising, film, television and live performance. Several of his murals, employing the Trompe-l'œil technique, can be seen around the streets and businesses of his home town, Hobart.

"The White Mouse" (written and illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, 2015) - Children"s Book Councillor Australia - short-listed for Eve Pownall Award, 2015. Ice, Wind, Rock: Douglas Mawson in the Antarctic (written and illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, 2013) - Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Book of the Year Award Notable Book 2014 Lyrebird!: a true story (written by Jackie Kerrin, 2012) - Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Book of the Year Award Honour Book 2013 No Return: Captain Scott’s Race to the Pole (written and illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, 2011) Queenie: One Elephants Story (written by Corinne Fenton, 2006) - Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Book of the Year Award Honour Book 2007

"Our Dog Knows Words" written by Peter and Illustrated by Lucy Gouldthorpe, 2015. The Dog on the Tuckerbox (written by Corinne Fenton, 2008) Pannikin and Pinta (written by Colin Thiele, 1999) Norton’s Hut (written by John Marsden, 1998) The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie (co-created with Gary Crew, 1995) The Wonder Thing (written by Libby Hathorn, 1993) First Light (written by Gary Crew, 1993) - Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 1994 Grandad's Gifts (written by Paul Jennings, 1992) - Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Shortlisted Book 1993 Hist! (poem by C. J. Dennis, 1991) Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award Honour Book 1992 Sheepdogs (written by Jack Bedson, 1990) Don’t Get Burnt! (written by Jack Bedson, 1985) Walking to School (poem by Ethel Turner, 1984) Jonah and the Manly Ferry (written and illustrated by Peter Gouldthorpe, 1983)

The Aurora Mural, Denison Lane, South Hobart, Tasmania, 2002 Tony Haigh Walk, North Hobart, Tasmania, 2000 Le Provençal Restaurant, South Hobart, Tasmania 1994

Creatures of the Night (Australia Post, 1997) Antarctic Research Ships (Australia Post, 2003)

Murals feature in the award-winning Tasmania - Go Behind The Scenes television commercial for the Discover Tasmania website