Born Goulburn NSW 1921. War service 1941-45. Studied post-war under ex-servicemens’ training scheme at National Art School 1946-49. He lived and worked in London for eight years; New York 1982-3; Paris 1990. Guy has had many study tours to UK, Europe and USA.

He has had forty-nine solo exhibitions in Australia and abroad, three major retrospectives and many major group exhibitions throughout the world. His twenty-six awards and prizes include the Archibald 1985 and the Trustees Watercolour Prize AGNSW 1980.

He is represented in all State Galleries, the NGA, Canberra and many public, corporate, institutional and private collections in Australia and is represented in major public collections overseas.

He began teaching in 1968 and taught at the National Art School, Universities of Sydney and NSW and was principal lecturer and Head of Painting at the Sydney College of the Arts. He resigned from teaching in 1985 and in 1992