Rod Bax is an established artist who has been exhibiting professionally for over 30 years. He works in a variety of mediums but is best known for his gouache and watercolour paintings of the wetland areas of South Australia’s south east. He has been a finalist in the prestigious Waterhouse Natural History Prize on numerous occasions and the core and heart of his work always has the concerns and compassion for the preservation of the natural world.

Bax studied at the South Australian School of Art, East Sydney Technical College and is a Fellow of The Royal South Australian Society of Arts. He is a director of the Southern School of Art and as an art educator he has been Head of Art at St Peter’s College and Westminster School.