Christine Abrahams Gallery, March 25th – April 20th 1995
Solander Gallery, Canberra. 28th September-20th October 1996
No-Junk Mail? 1993-4 Acrylic and oil on several canvases 208 x 416 cms Private Collection New York
In Ter Flora 1995 Acrylic on Linen Canvas 205 x 305 cms Southern Health coll.
Garden Display 1995 Acrylic on Linen 205 x 312 cms LaTrobe University coll.
Barrow with Specials 1993 Acrylic on Paper 122 x 152 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Transformed Garden Still Life 1994 Acrylic on Canvas 152 x 274 cms
Nursery 1995 Acrylic on Canvas 120 x 210 cms Private Collection
Arrangement with Yellow Roses No.1 (detail) 1993 Oil on Canvases triptych 51 x 40.5 cms ea Private Collection
Yellow Roses 1993 Oil on Canvases triptych 51 x 40.5 cms ea Private Collection
Arrangement with Yellow Roses No.2 1993 Oil on Canvases composition with four canvases 51 x 40.5 cms ea Private Collection
The Flower Paintings 1993-1996
These began as a conscious attempt to ‘start again’ – to learn and reacquaint myself with the fundamental ideas about painting that has informed artists from a long historical lineage. I chose the ‘flowers in a vase’ motif because it offered an organic form (flowers) with a man-made structure (vase) and a spatial setting – a table top. The fragility of the flowers meant that they required a more direct and urgent attack. They constantly change in the vase, so expressive speed is necessary, in order to finish with a work that has all of the qualities that I seek in my painting.
I must add that I had at the time regarded the painting of flowers as a particularly ‘taboo’ or ‘non-male’ art direction in contemporary art practice, even though Manet, Monet, Corot, Van Gogh and Morandi, among others, who I greatly admire had worked with this subject; but took on this challenge anyway.
These paintings led to subseqent exhibitions : No Junk – Mail? and Suburban Ornament.
Nasturtiums No.1 1993 Oil on Linen 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Geraniums (Night) 1993 Oil on Linen 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Iris (study) 1996 Oil on Canvas 51 x 40.5 cms Private Collection
Geraniums (Day) 1993 Oil on Linen 51 x 40.5 cms
Geraniums (Night) 1993 Oil on Linen 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Yellow Roses 1993 Oil on Canvas 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Liliums in a Garden 1995 Oil on Canvas 91 x 122 cms Private Collection
Liliums – Study 1995 Oil on Linen 40.5 x 51 cms
Sunflowers Still Life in a Garden 1998 Oil on Linen 152 x 152 cms
Ranunculas 1993 Oil on Canvas 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Ranunculas 1993 Oil on Canvas 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Ranunculas 1993 Oil on Canvas 51 x 40.5 cms
Wheelbarrow with Cottage Garden 1995 Oil on Canvas 40.5 x 51 cms Private Collection
Petunias 1993 Oil on Linen 50 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.
Ranunculas 1993 Oil on Canvas 51 x 40.5 cms Lindenderry Coll., Vic.