Robert is a gifted poet, songwriter, and philosopher who is involved in a varied range of business enterprises.

"Laurie Lawrence invited me to write a series of inspirational poems for the Australian Olympic Team after I Met him in '96", says Robert. "I don't know if I can take too much credit for the team's great success in Atlanta, but I like to think my contribution helped a little".

Robert's main studio is an old railway carriage on a small acreage on the outskirts of Brisbane, where he lives with his wife Kathleen, and their four young children, Jasmine, Maggie Jade, Zachary and Jacob.

Under the moniker 'Australia's PictureWriter', Robert regularly performs his poems and ballads at private gatherings, seminars, and conventions. He was a finalist in the Australian Bicentennial Short Story Competition in 1988, and recently achieved a leading Writer Status with the Australian Bush Poet's Association.

During the 70's and early 80's Robert's odyssey included periods working in London and the United States to working underground as an opal miner in the Lightning Ridge gem fields, then on to manufacturing his own line of paints in Australia.

Eventually Robert succumbed to his greatest passion, and decided to devote as much time as he could to writing and performing.