Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum : history and collections

A publication of works from the permanent collection and a history to mark the centenary of the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum. The photographs have been produced using superimposed exposures of polarised and non-polarised light; a technique for the optical and digital enhancement of colour saturation, reflection reduction and surface effects in reprography of painting developed by James McArdle.

Shimmering light: Dora Meeson and the Thames

This soft-cover book is a catalogue of the exhibiiton held 21 September – 10 November 2013 at Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum. The majority of photographs for the publication have been produced using superimposed exposures of polarised and non-polarised light; a technique for the optical and digital enhancement of colour saturation, reflection reduction and surface effects in reprography of painting developed by James McArdle. In this instance the highly textured brushwork of Dora Meeson benefits from the treatment. 

On the river

Oil painting, reproduced, in the Art Vault Mildura 5th anniversary exhibition catalogue

The dictionary

The Portia Geach Memorial Award is a celebration of female Australian artists. It’s Australia’s most prestigious portrait prize for female artists and has greatly contributed to the development of female artists in this country. It was established by Florence Kate Geach in 1961 in memory of her sister, Portia Geach and is awarded each year to the best portrait painted from life of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters or the Sciences. Our judges this year are Jane Watters, Director S.H. Ervin Gallery, Dr Lindy Lee, Senior Lecturer, Sydney College of the Arts and Ben Quilty, Artist. A media release with the full list of finalists will be distributed tomorrow morning with further details available at www.thetrustcompany.com.au/portiageach. The artwork The Dictionary will be hung in the S.H. Ervin Gallery from 3 October until 16 November, with the exhibition open from 4 October, 1st Prize money $30,000

Hawthorn I

An original artwork that belongs to a series of paintings, all connected to an ongoing investigation of the multi-panelled painting.

Hawthorn II

One of a series of 2 panel oil paintings that explored the Diptych as an iconic theme.

Prayer

One of a series of double panel oil paintings that explored the nature of the icon and its diptych form

Library

An original artwork, belonging to a series of paintings that connect to an ongoing investigation of the multi-pannelled painting.

At the library

An original artwork, belonging to a series of paintings that connect to an ongoing investigation of the multi-panelled painting.

Phone

One of a series of diptychs, exploring the traditional iconography and history of this painting form.

Damselfly

Part of a series investigating the traditions and iconography of diptychs

A book about death : group exhibition : Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW

Group exhibition curated by Heather Matthew and Julie Barratt and held at The Boyd Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.

Writing “nhill” : the short story as still life

This chapter explores the philosophical, literary and practice-based elements that contributed to the writing by the author of a short story ('Nhill') and reflects upon how, as an example of creative-writing practice, the story contributes to Humanities-based research into issues of time, settlement, Aboriginality and post-coloniality. It works with theorists such as Gilles Deleuze, Julia Kristeva and Norman Bryson, as well as engaging with various painterly examples of Still Life. The possibility of a productive syncretism between Literature and Painting is proposed and extended.

Nexus requiem stony rises

A painting exhibited in the 2014 Acquisitive Awards in conjunction with the Swan Hill Regional Art Gallergy. It is composed with charcoal, chalk and enamel on paper