[3] Spowart completed his initial photographic training at the Queensland College of Art in the early 1970s.
[4] Spowart worked for Kodak Australasia Pty Ltd for nine years where in the role of Literature and Technical Officer, he controlled the technical documents from motion picture X-ray through to graphic arts and consumer products.
[5] From 1980 to 1995, Ruby and Doug Spowart established the Imagery Gallery in South Brisbane, which focussed on exhibitions of photography, conducting photographic workshops and tours, and the supply of specialised photographic products, such as Leica, Sinar and Metromedia NECO Superscan murals.
[6] Fromm 1980 to 1982, the Imagery Gallery was located in the heritage-listed former Queensland National Bank on the corner of Grey and Melbourne Streets.
From 1995 to 2013, Spowart taught photography at the Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE while concurrently conducting a professional partnership with Victoria Cooper creating artists' books, exhibitions and place-making project.