An award-winning artist’s family home at Stanwell Park is on the market after nearly 30 years.
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The home at 42 Lower Coast Road, Stanwell Park has a price guide of $2.1 million to $2.3 million.
The five-bedroom, two-bathroom home sits on a 755sqm block and is owned by artist Michael Mucci and wife Tina. It will be auctioned on July 6.
The Muccis bought the land 28 years ago and built the home.
Mucci, 55, was a long-time political illustrator and cartoonist at the Sydney Morning Herald.
Among his achievements is winning an ARIA Award for Cover Art for rock band Powderfinger’s 1998 album Internationalist.
“All the stuff I’ve done has been from home at Stanwell Park pretty much,” he said.
“It doesn’t have the busy feel of living in a city; there’s a lot of nature around us and I’ve got that time to think through things, which has to inspire a bit of creativity.”
He said the home had been a “labour of love that has grown organically”.
“We’ve made changes to the home over the years to suit the family, like the in-ground pool.
“It’s a battleaxe, and at first I thought that would be a disadvantage.
“But with the years it’s worked to our favour because it’s like a bit of an oasis off the road. We’re about 100 metres to the beach, and yet we’ve got the privacy.”
The property has previously rented for $500 per night on Airbnb.
Mucci said they were downsizing due to three of their four children having moved out of home.
He said they had purchased the Wombarra Sculpture Garden, but were unlikely to keep it as a sculpture garden.
“But I’ll definitely continue working from home as an artist there,” he said.
Born in Italy in 1962, Mucci moved to Australia in 1968.
He was a finalist in the 1989 Blake Religious Art Prize and the 1994 Doug Moran Portrait Prize.
Mucci was awarded the 2006 Packing Room Prize (part of the overall Archibald Prize presentations) for his portrait of builder and television personality Scott Cam.
Mucci’s 2007 portrait of Midnight Oil front-man and former politician Peter Garrett also drew acclaim.
He also taught graphic design, illustration and sculpture at the University of Wollongong.
The property’s selling agent is Belle Property’s Wendy Lepre.
Brendan Crabb
I'm a member of ACM's national property team, covering the Illawarra and South Coast. Based in Albion Park, NSW, I write about exciting, interesting or just downright quirky properties that have been listed for sale, major sales, market trends, auctions and more. One of my favourite aspects of being a journalist is I believe everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?
I'm a member of ACM's national property team, covering the Illawarra and South Coast. Based in Albion Park, NSW, I write about exciting, interesting or just downright quirky properties that have been listed for sale, major sales, market trends, auctions and more. One of my favourite aspects of being a journalist is I believe everyone has a story to tell. What's yours?
