 In 1952 he moved to East Doncaster as he enjoyed the Australian landscape and needed to find a balance between his family/financial commitments and his love for landscapes.Commonly using the Lower Templestowe and Warrandyte areas as inspiration to portray the geography and rugged bush of the area at the time.His landscape of this period displayed a natural beauty and positive view of the natural eco-environment, they were non superficial with a multiple of views enticing the viewer to be drawn into the scene.