Peter Maloney has been a practising artist since the mid 1970s when he was taught by artists Bea Maddock and Gareth Samson. Their influence left a lasting urge to create works infused with existential problems of occupying a body subject to the vagaries of sex, health, shifting vitality and ultimately, death. Peter’s work prior to the mid 1980s can be seen as a prelude to his works generated in response to the AIDS pandemic. The sexual imagery that seemed so playful in earlier days became sober and increasingly necessary in lamentable ways. Until recently Peter Maloney was a Senior Lecturer in the Painting Workshop at SoA. Peter is represented by Utopia Art, Sydney. His current exhibition is PETER MALONEY: A focus on show at the Newcastle Art Gallery from 15 February - 11 May.