Frank Moffatt Frank Moffatt i(A45453 works by) (a.k.a. Francis John Moffatt)
Born: Established: 1941 Cornwall,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1949
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BiographyHistory

Moffatt has been a gallery artist, art teacher, cartoonist and children's books author and illustrator, as well as working at times as a shop assistant, house painter, radio operator, factory worker, police officer and publisher's representative.

Moffatt completed a house-painting apprenticeship before studying art by correspondence, and in the late 1960s he launched his artistic career by selling black and white line drawings in Brisbane. He has since held many art exhibitions. He moved into publishing, and then, in the 1980s, took his love of children and art to Queensland schools, with the assistance of the Queensland Arts Council. He would sing to the children, read to them and tell them stories, drawing and mimicking people as he did so.

When Moffatt writes he has often used songs lyrics as a starting point, and has used lyrics by Bob Dylan, John Lennon and BB King for his inspiration.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Also published: Games Grandma Played / [key illustrator: Frank Moffatt ; co illustrator: Kate McMurtrie ; author: Deann Rabbitt] c. 1999, and picture books Pippy: A day in the Life of the Artist's Dog (1978) and Stuffed Parrots (1979).
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