Since a young age Garrie loved Art, he started drawing at a young age his mother always said that he should do an Art course so he enrolled at Penrith TAFE & did a five year course. He won his first art prize in 1983 then again the next year. He has had five solo art Exhibitions one was a complete sellout. He has also Curated an Art Exhibition for the central coast artist this year. He is also an Inventor and has been on the ABC New Inventors show 2007 & Won the Episode with a glue applicator called Glue.it.to.it.