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AUSTRALIA'S LEADING
SUPPLIER OF CORPORATE & SPECIAL EVENT ENTERTAINMENT
CARTOONISTS
BRAD BLAZE
Based: Sydney, Australia
Sydney Cartoonist, Brad Wightman commenced
Red Faces Entertainment in 2002. At the time he was drawing caricatures in
his home studio whilst working in a 'normal' office job.
During his teen years Brad
developed a love of portraiture and then of oil painting. At the age of 18
he was sketching life-like portraits for family and friends, but never
dreamed this would be his occupation.
In his early twenties, Brad travelled throughout Europe and the US and
having been sketched 'caricature style' decided this would be an ideal
hobby!
Fast forward a few years to 2002 and Brad entered into the Bald Archy
competition (a satirical portrait contest). His entry of Russell Crowe had
got the attention of the media - his work was published and he was
interviewed in the Sunday Morning Herald and various other local papers.
The following year his caricatures for the Bald Archy competition of
Lleyton Hewitt and Nicole Kidman also appeared in numerous press including
the Daily Telegraph and on Channel 10.
Pretty soon he was being commissioned for caricatures from corporate
Australia. They loved what they saw and wanted more, so Brad found himself
drawing 'live' at a wide variety of company events - from solicitors to
building companies, Christmas Parties, Trade Shows, Birthdays and
Weddings.
In 2003 he traveled to China with
fellow artist Joanne Brooker (caricature artist/illustrator from The
Courier Mail, Brisbane) where they drew for 3 weeks on stage in Tianjin
and Beijing. It was a life changing experience and his hobby had now
become his occupation.
During 2004/2005 Brad travelled to New Zealand and around Australia
drawing at corporate and private events. Each year became busier as
clients re-hired Brad again and new clients hired him for the first time.
Within a few years, Brad found himself entertaining at over 100 events per
year.
In 2005 after working with various magicians at corporate events, Brad
just 'had' to learn their secrets. He met magician Sean Taylor at an
event, who then pointed him in the right direction of which magic to
study. Brad studied magicians for hours on end on DVD (and still does) to
learn the secrets of sleight of hand magic.
In 2006 Brad took his skills as an artist onto stage, commencing his
'speed painting' shows. It took him six months alone to perfect his first
speed painting celebrity "Elvis".
He has developed his stage show further, specialising in comedy magic - an
area suited to his bubbly personality. He has since performed at large
corporate and private events.
In the meantime, Brad also started performing little stints of close up
magic at events, it was a good way to give his hands a break from all the
caricatures he was drawing. His enthusiasm, outgoing personality and quick
wit gathered crowds at events and he soon found himself hired solely as a
close up magician for corporate events.
In a few short years, Brad has completed his transition from being an
'artist' to an 'entertainer'. He loves entertaining people and it shows.
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Australian Network Entertainment Pty Ltd - 2008
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