Background
Best was born in the Hamilton, New South Wales suburb of Hamilton.
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Education
Best completed school and commenced work as an office boy with a firm of Sydney based stockbrokers.
Career
He demonstrated skills as an artist at a young age, spending time as a boy sketching warships and airplanes especially during the World World War II years. His love of the Australian Bush is demonstrated in many of his paintings which evoke images of outback life, stockmen, and family moments in uniquely Australian settings. During this period Best did not paint or sketch regularly in his spare time.
He stayed in the stockbroking industry for 28 years.
In 1972 he recommenced painting and drawing in his spare time, and after significant encouragement from family and friends he left his stockbroking career to become a full-time professional artist in September 1977 at the age of 45. Best was a "self taught" artist who spent many years experimenting with his art, with a strong focus on the use of light reminiscent of the paintings of Australian artist Hans Heysen.
Best became a popular professional artist in Australia, and now ranks amongst the top Australian artists of today. Kevin Best died on 31 July 2012.
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Membership
As was typical with many Australian boys in that era, he was a member of the Boy Scouts and spent time bushwalking (hiking) and camping in the Australian bush.
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July 31, 2012 (aged 80)