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Best completed school and commenced work as an office boy with a firm of Sydney based stockbrokers. During this period Best did not paint or sketch regularly in his spare time. In 1958 he married his wife Dorn and they raised six children. He stayed in the stockbroking industry for 28 years. In
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Best's paintings have been reproduced in many forms including: calendars, placemats, coasters, prints, limited edition prints and books. During the 1980s and 1990s a range of
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In July 2007 a second book called "Secrets of the Brush" was released which Best describes as "the final chapter in my life". The book reproduces photos of many of his most popular works, as well as covering his life, his career, and people and places of significance to his art. The book also
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and spent time bushwalking (hiking) and camping in the
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On 26 January 2005, Best was awarded a Medal of the Order of
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Best was a "self taught" artist who spent many years experimenting with his art, with a strong focus on the use of light reminiscent of the paintings of
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