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\u201cPerforming live painting, dance and drama for students in the school system is the most valuable and enjoyable thing I do,\u201d Doncon says.<\/p>\n
Watch: Phil Doncon\u2019s Curtin Park\u2019d performance.<\/a><\/p>\n Prior to beginning Paint Storm in 2009, Doncon worked as a professional exhibiting artist for over 10 years and staged 24 solo art exhibitions. In this time he honed his skills as an artist and won several awards including a Joint Winner of the Shell Agricultural Award at the Perth Royal Show in 2009 and the Acquisitive Prize at the Morawa Art Awards in 2008. But it was working as a youth officer for the Western Australian state government that inspired Doncon to take his art in a new direction.<\/p>\n \u201cMy role with Office for Children and Youth helped clarify my objectives and skills promoting resilience,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n Now, as the sole owner of Paint Storm, Doncon manages all aspects of the business \u2013 from set direction and marketing, to scripts and workshops. \u201cBut,\u201d he says, \u201cthe most important thing I do is performances, creating live paintings and murals at speed to music, incorporating drama, dance and stunts.\u201d<\/p>\n Doncon cites his Curtin degree in fine art as helping him to advance his skills in painting and drawing, and the knowledge he gained in art history helps in his work to this day.<\/p>\n Never one to rest, Doncon strives to continue advancing his performance skills and creating new opportunities in a range of settings, including schools, music festivals, sporting stadiums and conferences.<\/p>\n \u201cI want to become an expert in communicating and translating resilience messages into something understandable and usable for children and youth,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re keen to catch a Paint Storm performance, Doncon regularly performs at the Ellington Jazz Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Over the last six years artist, business owner and Curtin fine art graduate, Phil Doncon, has been painting up a storm, creating works of art using music as inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4182,"featured_media":5676,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_research-areas":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"research-areas":[],"class_list":["post-5675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-and-global-community"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"additional_content":{"title":"Graduate snapshot","content":" Name: Phil Doncon<\/p>\n