St John Paul 2 and St Theresa of calcutta by Mario Sukkar artist in Granville

As some of you may know my name is Mario Sukkar, I was born in Western Sydney in 1998 and I’m professional Artist. I paint portraits and landscapes in oils and acrylics and other media. I started drawing since I could pick up a pencil at age of 4, drawing stick figures, cartoons and by the age of 7 I started drawing realistic portraits, which lead to painting at the age of 11. Eversince, I developed my skill through intensive hours of practice and trial and error to get to where I am now, skill wise and accomplishments. Such major accomplishments include, Winning the 2014 Young Archie competition (Art Gallery Of NSW), 2015 Honourable Mention (Young Archie), Finalist Young Australian Art Awards 2012, 2013, Westmead Hospital Art prize Finalist 2013,14, The Bishop Daniel Delany International Art competition 2013, 1st place chapter 6 and 2nd chapter 1, Winning the Australian Lebanese Association Award 2014 for the category Art-Painting. 2016,First ever painting of the Lord Mayor of Parramatta (Paul Garrard) which is currently on display at the Parramatta Heritage Centre. Exhibited and demonstrated at Ryde and Parramatta Art Society. Commissioned to paint my original Nativity Scene "Granville Christmas" for Julia Finn MP for Granville, printed and distributed to 5000 people, in the form of Christmas Cards around Western Sydney. Finalist, Mosman Youth Art prize 2017, highly commended artwork titled "For The Love Of My Country" for the 2017 Cumberland Art and Photography Awards. Donated a painting depicting "Christ saving St. Peter" for Maronites on Mission which raised $5000 for the poor overseas. Art has always been my passion and forever will. For any commission work or interested in purchasing a painting or prints of my work, feel free to message me.