Lune River
oil on canvas, 91 x 91cm
| A highly respected artist, Geoff Dyer has been selected ten years consecutively for the prestigious Wynne, Archibald and Sulman prize exhibitions. Inspired by his local Tasmanian environment, Geoff is devoted to the west coast landscape which he depicts with an ethereal edge. A combination of literal interpretation and semi-abstraction, Geoff’s style is based upon the simplicity of space and the conflicts within nature and isolated landscapes. |
Lune River oil on canvas, 91 x 91cm |
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John Earle was born in Newcastle in 1955 and studied at the Newcastle Art School. He was awarded the Elioth Gruner Prize for Landscape in 1980, as well as many regional prizes, and has been selected for the prestigious Wynne Prize five times. John is a realist painter who creates fine, detailed work with remarkable clarity. He depicts naturalistic beach scenes with happy bathing figures, as well as the hillsides of coastal areas painted with lush tones and a quiet intensity. |
 Byron Bay, NSW, 1999 acrylic and gouache on Arches paper, 50 x 60cm |
| Melissa Egan's passion for painting lies in the creative process. Her subject-matter and images are sourced from personal experience - the environment, music, the ordinary and obvious - vision and memories. Her landscapes are engaging and familiar, as are the whimsical figures inhabiting their enchanting surroundings. Melissa Egan has a Bachelor of Arts from the ANU, a Diploma of Education from the Canberra College of Advanced Education, attended the World College of South East Asia, Singapore and the Canberra School of Art and is represented in corporate and private collections in Australia and overseas. |
 Waiting Patiently oil on canvas, 61 x 61cm |