Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".

Philip McKeon [*1952] is the third child of the granddaughter of Federation artist William Short Sr [1833-1917], who together with his father, Colonial artist Henry Short [1807-1865] - who was declined a request to join the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition of 1860-61 - and son, William Henry Short Jr [1875-1947], established a family tradition of art in Australia. Philip entered the world in the Melbourne suburb of Sandringham, where Heidelberg School artists, the peers of his grandmother, artist Anny Short, sojourned for the bayside views. Philip's mother, a musician, befriended Sid Nolan and Albert Tucker in the district during their early years. Philip became an artist in St Kilda during the 1970s after an induction into contemporary art at the Yellow House in Sydney and has since painted and exhibited in Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Central Victoria, Sydney and London. A resident of Redfern for many years, what started as a distraction with acrylic paintings of Redfern Park in a crossover Aboriginal styled Western design with contemporary method, has become a series of oils on canvas entitled "In the park #..........".