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It was around this point in time that he developed his interest in landscape painting and sought out specific artists that could develop his skills, learning from respected Australian artists such as Kasey Sealy and Todd Whisson. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003eIn 2016 Dario become an international brand ambassador for Michael Harding Paints, accompanying them to the Plein Air Convention in Tucson, Arizona and demonstrating the application of their paints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003eHe has exhibited in numerous group shows and national art prizes such as the annual Camberwell Art Show and the prestigious 2016 Len Fox Art Award, a biennial art award show held by the Castlemaine Art Museum in Victoria, Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003eDario is an Associate member of the Royal Art Society of NSW, Australia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34);\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"line-height: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm .0001pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dariofalzon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);\"\u003ewww.dariofalzon.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"viridian-michael-harding-511-40ml","title":"Viridian Michael Harding (511)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eInorganic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViridian is about the fastest curing colour in my entire range, along with Stack Lead White. 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