Melville Haysom

He specialised in portrait, coastal and animal paintings,[1]with evident impressionist or abstract styles.

He wrote art critiques for newspapers,[6] worked as a musician in the orchestra of the Regent Theatre,[7] as well as pursuing his painting career.

[10][11] Murals by Haysom are on the walls of QUT Kelvin Grove[12] and Tattersalls Club in Brisbane.

Following this service, he taught art at the Brisbane Central Technical College (now QUT),[15] providing instruction to many ex-servicemen who took advantage of the scholarships on offer after the war.

Two retrospectives of his work have been held since his death, in 1971[24] and at the Ipswich City Council Art Gallery in 1987, curated by Stephen Rainbird.