Trevor Ettridge was born and raised in Port Lincoln, where his formative years were spent sailing, surfing and swimming. “The sea in all its forms shaped my life,” Trevor explained. And it was all things marine that would later influence his life as an artist.

Leaving the west coast city, Trevor spent his early working life as a draftsman and civil designer. He later became a financial consultant. “I was always drawing but it was
during a trip with my wife to the US in the ‘80s I took the big leap to painting,” Trevor recalled. “My wife loved a painting we saw - that was way too big to carry home. I can paint that,” I said very naively. Back in Australia and he did the painting.

Soon after, Trevor purchased paints and brushes and hasn’t stop painting since. His main works have been in watercolors and acrylics. “I’ve always been influenced by the marine
environment: The place I came from and the memories of childhood.”
Today Trevor literally lives a stone’s throw from the ocean at West Lakes.