Views of the Riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft)

View of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft)

published June 2006 to accompany the exhibition

View of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft) 1 july - 20 august 2006 publisher maitland regional art gallery 230 high street maitland, nsw australia 2320 ISBN 0-9758369-2-7 paintings photographed by Michel Brouet © artists and maitland regional art gallery This catalogue is copyright apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act.

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the artists

archer suzanne fitzjames michael frost joe lohmann emma macleod euan

martin claire mckenzie alexander pinson peter robba leo ryrie judith walker john r white judith

Maitland Sixth City of the Arts 2005 - 2007

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iew of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft) is an exhibition which has been developed at Maitland Regional Art Gallery for a

variety of reasons.

Last year, in the James Gleeson retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia, I came across Gleeson’s painting of Delft, with homage to Jan Vermeer. I had seen this painting earlier in a private collection, and felt that Gleeson had not only captured his vision of Delft but also created an amazingly surreal new image of Delft which was a unique painting in its own right and not merely an adjunct to another artist’s creation. On viewing the painting again at the National Gallery and, this time, amidst a large collection of other paintings by Gleeson, I also realised that one painting could express a sense of the whole oeuvre of one artist. This led me to wonder whether a number of paintings of the same image by different artists and gathered together as an exhibition could make a statement about the image, the artists, and their art practices?

Last year, as well, there was a revival of interest in Vermeer and his art. This primarily came about because of the novel, Girl With a Pearl Earring, followed relatively quickly by the film with the same title. A small retrospective exhibition of the work of Vermeer in London and several reviews of acclaim also assisted to place the artist in the public view and in my mind’s eye.

Finally, it also became evident to me that certain views from the northern bank of the Hunter River at Maitland, where I live, evoke a similar feeling to the one painted by Vermeer at Delft, more than 300 years earlier. Like Delft, which had suffered a calamitous disaster, “the thunderclap”, a major fire which destroyed much of the city prior to its painting by Vermeer, Maitland has also been traumatised by many floods, the last some fifty years ago, again, ruining much of the original city.

Out of these thoughts a project emerged. Twelve artists, all committed primarily to figurative elements, were selected and invited to visit Maitland and paint the City as viewed from the riverbank. The artists were encouraged to capture and deploy some of the elements they observed in the Vermeer painting. They were only able to look at a copy of the Vermeer painting of Delft and, with this in mind and viewing the city, they were to paint Maitland. This was not a simple exercise in copying or mimicking another artist’s painting. It was a commission for a group of artists to paint the City of Maitland as seen from the riverbank, employing their individual skills, perspectives and styles to create new paintings that could be hung in a group exhibition.

Each artist was given a canvas of the same size as the one employed by Vermeer when he used his camera obscura method. The artists were then invited to Maitland to spend time at the riverbank to craft their paintings either in preparation or in a completed form ready for the exhibition. As the artists are all primarily studio based, asking them to paint, by and large ‘en plein air’, in itself offered a challenge and promised that the final works of art would make for a memorable exhibition.

The artists came to Maitland over two weekends, and spent time painting at the riverbank. Members of the public were invited to wander amongst the artists and look at what they were doing. Some of the artists commenced their work rather quickly, while others took their time and began to do early drawings and get a sense of the place. None of the artists complained, and it was a rather wondrous sight to see canvases, oils, acrylics and other artist’s paraphernalia scattered on the riverbank. I am not sure what Vermeer had experienced while he was painting at Delft and whether people were mingling on the riverbank as he was working. Here at Maitland there was a cacophony of people and much liveliness, which created a memorable experience for both those painting and those watching.

I would like to believe that, for all those involved in the exercise of painting at the riverbank, the one off experience was challenging and enjoyable. Perhaps it will never be repeated again, and maybe it was an exercise in creativity. In either case it culminated in this exhibition, View of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft), accompanied by this catalogue.

This catalogue is both a record and a memento of the exhibition. It records the exhibition and will therefore remain a memento for those who did and those who did not experience the time at the riverbank or indeed view the twelve paintings. Most importantly, the catalogue enables the newly established Maitland Regional Art Gallery to allow the public to enjoy twelve leading contemporary Australian artists.

The exhibition and the catalogue provide an opportunity to record, both in paint and in print, Maitland at a time when it is growing, developing and taking a real interest in cultural pursuits and the visual arts in particular. It is a pleasure and an honour to present View of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft) to Maitland residents and visitors.

Joe Eisenberg OAM Cultural Director Maitland City Council June 2006

Suzanne Archer Born Guildford, Surrey, England. Studied Sutton School of Art, England (1962-64). Arrived in Australia 1965.

Suzanne Archer’s first solo painting exhibition was at the Clune Galleries, Sydney in 1969. Her most recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Horsepower’, Campbelltown Arts Centre 2005; ‘Horses for Courses’, War Memorial Art Gallery, University of Sydney 2004; ‘Predators & Prey’, BBA Gallery, Sydney 2001; ‘Sculpture & Collage’, Coventry Gallery, Sydney 1999. Recent Group Exhibitions include: ‘Walking the Line’, Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney 2005; ‘International Contemporary Drawing Art’, touring exhibition to Central Academy of Art Beijing, Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts and Guangzhou Academy Fine Arts, China 2003; and ‘Distant Noises’, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Faculty Gallery, Melbourne 2003.

Awards include: the Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales 1994; Art Gallery of New South Wales Trustees’ Watercolour Prize & John and Elizabeth Newham Pring Memorial Prize 1986; Fellowship, Visual Arts and Craft Board, Australia Council 1993.

Suzanne Archer has been awarded residencies at the Green Street Studio, New York and the Power Studio, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris 1978-79.

She is represented in numerous public collections including the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Australian National Gallery, and the National Gallery of Victoria.

Member of the Australian Watercolour Institute since 2000.

recent solo exhibitions 2005 2004 2002 2001 1999

Horsepower Campbelltown Arts Centre Sydney Horses for Courses War Memorial Art Gallery University of Sydney Small Bronzes and Collages Stephanie Burns Fine Art ACT Predators & Prey BBA Gallery Sydney Sculpture & Collage Coventry Gallery Sydney

recent group exhibitions 2006 2005 2003

2003 2003 2000

Sulman Prize AGNSW Sydney Walking the Line Cell Block Theatre National Art School, Sydney International Contemporary Drawing Art touring exhibition to Central Academy of Art Beijing Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts and Guangzhou Academy Fine Arts China Distant Noises RMIT Faculty Gallery Melbourne Love Letter to China Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney Common Ground Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney

Michael Fitzjames Michael Fitzjames is an illustrator for The Sydney Morning Herald. He has previously been published in the Guardian, Nation Review, Living Daylights, Digger, The Age Monthly Review, National Times, Harper’s Bazaar and MJ Magazine.

He exhibits his work at the Australian Galleries in Sydney and Melbourne.

recent solo exhibitions 2005

2004 2003 2000

Pattern Australian Galleries Sydney Hot Off The Press Australian Galleries Works on Paper Sydney Here And There Australian Galleries Sydney Darkness at Noon Australian Galleries Sydney Mornington Peninsula Paintings Australian Galleries Melbourne

recent group exhibitions 2005

2003 2002

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End of Year Group Exhibition Australian Galleries Painting and Sculpture Sydney Small Important Works Australian Galleries Sydney Summer Exhibition Australian Galleries Sydney Recent Work by Australian Galleries Artists Australian Galleries Sydney Opening Exhibition Australian Galleries Melbourne Artfair 2000 Melbourne

Joe Frost Joe Frost was born in Sydney in 1974. Primarily a landscape painter to date, his work is a summary of the places and sights of his everyday life. Frost works between observation and memory, and his vision is founded equally on the common look of things and their special appeal to his aesthetic sense.

Frost studied at the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts, gaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.1) in 1995 and a Master of Fine Arts in 2001. He teaches at the University of New South Wales College of Fine Arts and the National Art School.

He was awarded the Young Artists’ Painting Prize at Berrima Art Society in 1997, an Australian Postgraduate Award in 1999 and a Residency at the Cite Internationale Des Arts, Paris in 2001. He is represented by Legge Gallery, Sydney.

recent solo exhibitions 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000

Paintings and Drawings Legge Gallery Sydney Paintings Legge Gallery Sydney Paintings Legge Gallery Sydney Paintings and Watercolours Legge Gallery Sydney Drawings Legge Gallery Sydney Paintings and Drawings Legge Gallery Sydney

group exhibitions 2006 2005

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2003 2002

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Same Place, Many Views Defiance Gallery Sydney Who cares? Boutwell Draper Gallery Sydney Works on Paper Legge Gallery Artists’ Artists Axia Modern Art Melbourne Walking the Line National Art School Sydney Legge Gallery at Big Star Gallery Adelaide The Defiance Drawing Show Defiance Gallery Sydney (Going) Out There Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney 2005: The Year in Art S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building Packsaddle New England Region Art Museum Armidale Paintings with Drawings Legge Gallery Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building Redlands Westpac Art Prize Mosman Regional Art Gallery Paris Days-The UNSW Studio in Paris Ivan Dougherty Packsaddle New England Regional Art Museum Armidale Seventh Australian Contemporary Art Fair Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne Triangle The International Drawing Research Institute Newbery Gallery Glasgow School of Art Scotland

Emma Lohmann Born in Maryborough Queensland in 1970, Emma attended Maryborough State High School where she developed an interest in art, and in particular, painting.

She attended the National Art School, Sydney from 1988-1990 and attained a Diploma in Arts (Fine Art). In 1990 she won the Goulburn City Council Art Prize for painting and in 1992 she was awarded the Waverley Art Prize. During that year she was included in the group exhibition “Small Works-Wide Visions” at Downlands College in Toowoomba, QLD. In 1993 she held her first solo exhibition at Legge Gallery, Sydney, which was the start of a long and fruitful association: this year she will have her 12th solo exhibition there.

During 1994 Emma was fortunate enough to be awarded the Moya Dyring Memorial Studio from the Art Gallery of NSW. This provides the recipient with a three month studio in Paris, France. Whilst in Europe she was able to visit many major art museums such as the Louvre and Pompidou in Paris and the National and Tate in London. Also during 1994 her work was included in an exhibition of up and coming artists called “Fresh Art” at the SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney, curated by Ann Loxley and Felicity Fenner.

In 2001 Emma returned to Paris for a two month residency at the Cité Internationale Des Arts and exhibited in the summer group exhibition at the Cité. As in 1994 she was able to produce a body of work which she subsequently exhibited at Legge Gallery in an exhibition titled “Images from Abroad and at Home”. Emma was a finalist in the Dobell Prize for drawing at the Art Gallery of NSW in 2001. recent solo exhibitions 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000

Tree, Bridge, Water Legge Gallery Other Places, Different Times Legge Gallery Vessels and Dwellings Legge Gallery Images from Abroad and at Home Legge Gallery My Cat Blackie and Other Images Legge Gallery

recent selected group exhibitions 2005 2003 2002 2001

Waverley Art Prize Sydney Waverley Art Prize Sydney Waverley Art Prize Sydney Dobell Prize for Drawing (finalist) Art Gallery of New South Wales Exposition Cité Internationale des Arts Paris France Waverley Art Prize Sydney

Euan Macleod 1999 Archibald winner and 2001 Sulman Prize winner, Euan MacLeod is a major Australian artist known for his beautiful ‘figure in the landscape’ works of a sublime and tragic quality. His work is in most major private and public collections. MacLeod, Robba and Walker often paint as a group, en plein air. MacLeod is represented by major galleries in Australia and New Zealand, including Watters Gallery in Sydney and Niagara in Melbourne. recent solo exhibitions 2006 2005

2004

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2002 2001

2000

Euan Macleod New Paintings Niagara Galleries Melbourne Holidays Works on Paper Lolliredini Orange NSW Euan Macleod New Work Newcastle Region Art Gallery Euan Macleod New Paintings Watters Gallery Sydney Paintings for Houses Bowen Galleries Wellington NZ Niagara Galleries Melbourne Brooke/Gifford Gallery Christchurch NZ Twenty Works on Paper Watters Gallery Sydney Inside Going Outside Watters Gallery Sydney Bowen Galleries Wellington NZ Wet and Wild September 3 – 28 Niagara Galleries Melbourne Euan Macleod Drawings 1987-2000 Ben Grady Gallery Fyshwick ACT Recent Paintings Watters Gallery Sydney Works on Paper Nick Mitzevich Gallery Newcastle Bowen Galleries Wellington New Zealand Figure Works From the 1980’s Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery Brisbane Euan Macleod Painting 1981-1999 University of the Sunshine Coast Library Gallery Queensland Niagara Galleries Melbourne Brooke/Gifford Gallery Christchurch New Zealand Euan Macleod Painting 1984 - 2000 Cairns Regional Gallery Queensland

recent selected group exhibitions 2006

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2005 Revisited Watters Gallery Sydney The Big Picture The Delmar Gallery Sydney Who Cares? Boutwell Draper Gallery Sydney Works on Paper Watters Gallery Sydney Works on Paper Watters Gallery Sydney Art Paris 2005 Carousel du Louvre Paris 4.6% 25 works from the Union Art Collection Sir Hermann Black Gallery Sydney Imaging the Apple Ballarat Fine Art Gallery touring to various galleries in Victoria, NSW and Queensland Euan Macleod and Leo Robba Around Newcastle Damien Minton Gallery Newcastle The Year In Art S.H Ervin Gallery Sydney Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Soundings National Art School Sydney A Silver Lining and a New Beginning Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney Australia, City Land and Sea, Universties and Schools Club by invitation Sulman Prize Winner Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Salon des Refuses S.H Ervin Gallery Sydney Sulman Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney

Claire Martin

Claire Martin grew up living on air force bases all around Australia, returning frequently to the outer Melbourne suburbs where she was born. Ten schools in five states, hers was a life on the move, enjoyed on the fringe of towns and semi rural districts.

She graduated from National Art School in 1974 Newcastle. Living and exhibiting in Newcastle, Sydney and Goulburn between 1980 and 1990. Returning to live in Newcastle in 1990, and with three other artists, she formed the experimental art co-operative ‘the pakhunters’, staging anonymous art ‘events’ and exhibiting regularly in innovative spaces around Newcastle. Receiving an enthusiastic public reception and reviews the Newcastle Region Art Gallery invited the group to exhibit in 1992.

Her solo work evolved into the playful and ironic domestic collages (encaustic coated knits and chenille) shown in Sydney at The Tin Sheds in 1994. Elements of realism emerged in large encaustic wax paintings employing singular images within the abstract ground; a chair, fish, magpie, various everyday images acting as visual triggers to memory and experience.

A shift to urban realism started with a series of pastel drawings observing the winter light on quiet suburban streets, exhibited in a solo show at Maude Space Glebe 1997. The view point turning from the urban interior life to the quiet streets outside.

Invited to exhibit by Newcastle Region Art Gallery 1999 and Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery in 2001. She has had regular solo and group shows in Newcastle and Sydney. Represented by Nick Mitzevitch Gallery in Newcastle until he left to become director of NRG 2002, and Brian Moore Gallery in Sydney until 2005. She is represented in private and regional gallery collections throughout Australia. Recent works can be viewed at www.clairemartin.com.au solo exhibitions 2003 Brian Moore Gallery Sydney 2001 Nick Mitzevich Gallery Newcastle

Nick Mitzevich Gallery Newcastle 1999 Newcastle Region Art Gallery Newcastle 1997 Maude Space Sydney 1996 Maude Space Sydney 1995 Rocket Art Gallery Newcastle 1994 Tin Sheds Gallery Sydney 1992 249 Gallery Newcastle (Nick Mitzevich) group exhibitions 2006

2005

2004 2003

2002 2001 2000

Nature Strip John Paynter Gallery Newcastle Swell Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Newcastle Region Art Gallery Salon des Refuses S.H. Ervin Gallery Sydney Mosman Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery Old Town New City Newcastle Region Art Gallery Brian Moore Gallery Sydney Masters and Apprentices Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery Brian Moore Gallery Sydney Important Works on Paper Rex Irwin Gallery Sydney Wish List Nick Mitzevich Gallery Newcastle

Alexander McKenzie

Alexander McKenzie born Sydney 1971, studies include City Art Institute (COFA), Julian Ashton Art School and the Charlie Sheard Studio School Sydney. Alexander received the inaugural Brett Whitely Scholarship to the Julian Ashton Art School in 1993 and the Breraton prize for draughtsmanship from the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 1994.

He travelled widely from 1995 onward living, painting and studying in London, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy and Spain.

Currently teaching at the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery School in southern Sydney Alexander’s work has been exhibited widely in Australia, the UK and the US. Collections include The Royal Bank of Scotland, Macquarie Bank Australia, the Park Hyatt Melbourne and private collections in London, Scotland, Hong Kong, Miami, Dublin, Sydney and Melbourne.

Alexander McKenzie employs traditional and archival techniques in his work; his nature is allegorical allowing the intrusion of human occupation into the landscape to hint at the narrative. Concerned with the emotional power of beauty, the landscape is his vehicle. recent solo exhibitions 2005 Axia Modern Art Melbourne

Rebecca Hossack Gallery London 2004 New Paintings king street gallery on burton sydney 2003 Hemisphere Rebecca Hossack Gallery London 2002 New Paintings king street gallery on burton at

Span Gallery Melbourne

New Paintings king street gallery on burton 2001 New Paintings Rebecca Hossack Gallery London 2000 scotland and ireland king street gallery on burton

selected group exhibitions 2006 2005

2004

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Madahavi Tumkur exhibitions Hong Kong Wynne Prize AGNSW Mosman Art Prize ART 2005 17th London Contemporary Art Fair Miami Beach Art Fair Miami USA ART 2004 16th London Contemporary Art Fair Miami Beach Art Fair Miami USA ART London Chelsea Rebecca Hossack Gallery London Tattersall’s Landscape Prize Brisbane Miami Beach Art Fair Miami USA ART London Chelsea Rebecca Hossack Gallery London ART 2002 14th London Contemporary Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Gallery London ART London Chelsea Rebecca Hossack Gallery London floating king street gallery on burton Solomon Gallery Dublin Ireland Contemporary Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Gallery London The Gilchrist Fisher Award Rebecca Hossack Gallery London last show of the year king street gallery on burton Christmas Exhibition Solomon Gallery Dublin ART 2000 12th London Contemporary Art Fair Rebecca Hossack Gallery London

Peter Pinson After winning the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship in 1968, he travelled to Europe where he worked in the Sydney University studio in the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. This was the first of many Artist-in-Residencies he has received, including two others at the Cité. In London, he studied Zen at the Buddhist Society with Christmas Humphries, and undertook a research Masters Degree in General Studies at the Royal College of Art. He subsequently completed a PhD at Wollongong University.

In 1986, Peter Pinson was appointed ‘Official Military Artist, Australian Defence Forces’ - the first such Australian appointment in peace time. His career in art education included a period as Chief Education Officer at the National Gallery of Victoria 1974-77. After his retirement in 2004 as Professor at the College of Fine Arts, the University of New South Wales appointed him Emeritus Professor.

Peter Pinson has undertaken a number of curatorial projects including the Elwyn Lynn Retrospective Exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and survey exhibitions of the late work of John Passmore and of Sydney Abstract Expressionism, both at the Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney. He has written widely, including Craftsman House monographs on Rodney Milgate, Emanuel Raft and Elwyn Lynn.

He has been a Member of the Australian Watercolour Institute since 1983, and President 2003-06. He has also been (Honorary) Director of the Painters’ and Sculptors’ Association of Australia (NSW) since 2004. recent solo exhibitions 2003 Cafes Cité Internationale des Arts Paris 2002 Solander Gallery Canberra 2001 Hill End Paintings Bathurst Regional Gallery

From Hill End and Bombala New England

Regional Art Museum Armidale

Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney 2000 The Nowra Gallery Nowra

The Sydney Gallery Sydney recent selected group exhibitions 2006

2005

2004

2003 2002

2001

2000

National Art School fundraising exhibition Cell Block Gallery Sydney Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition Mosman Art Gallery Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition Gosford Regional Gallery Small Wonders Delmar Gallery Sydney The Studio Tradition National Art School 1883-2001 This exhibition travelled to Albury City Gallery Five Still Life Artists Taylor Galleries Sydney Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition Mosman Art Gallery Showcase Taylor Galleries Sydney The Australian Watercolour Institute (Selected works from the 2001 Annual Exhibition) Wollongong City Gallery Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition Mosman Art Gallery Paris Days The UNSW Studio in Paris Ivan Dougherty Gallery Sydney Australian Watercolour Institute Wagner Gallery Sydney The Redlands Westpac (invitational) Art Prize Mosman Art Gallery The Art of Drawing Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney Australian Watercolour Institute Annual Exhibition S. H. Ervin Gallery Sydney

Leo Robba

Born in Brisbane in 1962, Leo Robba is an artist whose landscapes, both urban and rural, explore a sense of place. Robba’s paintings objectify and create a sense of nobleness that belongs to a long tradition. This nobleness is not built on some grand notion but the daily lives of the wonderfully ordinary and our tentative relationship to nature. Robba is represented by Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney. recent solo exhibitions 2005 2004 2004 2001 2001 2000 2000

Gardens of Eden and Other Views Damien Minton Gallery Sydney Around Dungog The Dungog Art Gallery Perfect One Day Maitland Regional Art Gallery Doggett Street Studio Brisbane Access Contemporary Art Gallery Sydney Bowen Galleries Wellington NZ Victor Mace Fine Art Gallery Brisbane

recent group exhibitions 2006

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Post Cards From the Desert Damien Minton Gallery Sydney Same Place Different View Defiance Gallery Sydney Selected Works Wellington Airport Bowen Galleries New Zealand Drawing Show Defiance Gallery Sydney Group Show Damien Minton Gallery Sydney Landscape Defiance Gallery Sydney Art on the Rocks The Rocks Sydney Landscape paintings Pialigo Estate Vinyard Canberra Art on the Rocks The Rocks Sydney Around Newcastle Damien Minton Gallery Newcastle Pub Culture Maitland Regional Art Gallery Summer Show Doggett Street Studio Brisbane Bathers Pavillion Mosman Wanderings Maitland Regional Art Gallery Heat The Noosa Region Art Gallery Tewantin Art About Open Studio National Art School Seascapes Bowen Galleries Wellington NZ PackSaddle New England Region Art Gallery and Museum Armidale Jo Sonjas Prize New England Region Art Gallery and Museum Armidale Landscape Michael Carr Gallery Sydney Christmas show Michael Carr Gallery Sydney Summer Show Doggett Street Studio Brisbane Cool Michael Carr Gallery Sydney Over the back fence Bowen Galleries New Zealand Collectibles Michael Carr Gallery Sydney Mysterious Terrain Nick Mitzevich Gallery Newcastle Peer Pressure Access Contemporary Art Gallery Sydney Works on Paper Fair Access Contemporary Art Gallery Sydney

Judith Ryrie Even though Judith is Sydney based, her long time interest in rural Australia has its roots from her birth in Dubbo.

Judith continues to have a passion for rural Australia, particularly the Monaro. Taught by Roland Wakelin on leaving school, Judith’s focus on the graphic side of art led her to Sydney College of the Arts, where she graduated after four years with a Bachelor of Arts, Visual Commuication Degree, majoring in Graphic Design. Prior to this Judith had studied for three years at East Sydney Technical College in Art. Judith worked in graphics for a while with clients such as the Sydney Opera House and Musica Viva but now is a full-time artist. Judith exhibits at Artarmon Galleries in Sydney. She first exhibited with Artarmon Galleries in 2000, “Thirty Artists Past and Present”, then in 2002 in an “Exhibition for three artists” and this was followed by a joint exhibition in 2004.

Most recently, in September 2005, she exhibited at Artarmon Galleries in “Land: 4 Visions” and her work was hung in 2005 Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize at Campbelltown. Her style is graphic rural realism and her medium is oil.

recent group exhibitions 2005

2004 2002 2000

Land: 4 Visions Artarmon Galleries Fisher’s Ghost Art Prize Campbelltown Arts Centre Joint exhibition at Artarmon Galleries Exhibition for Three Artists Artarmon Galleries Thirty Artists Past and Present Artarmon Galleries

John R Walker Born in Sydney and now a Braidwood resident, John R Walker, a four times Archibald finalist, is a professionally practising artist who has exhibited regularly for more than 25 years, both nationally and internationally. Utopia Art Sydney has represented his work since 1989 and he has had a number of solo exhibitions in the USA. Over the past eight years, Walker’s work has increasingly focused upon painting signs for the experience of walking in the landscape. His work is in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, most major state and regional gallery collections and in private collections in Australia, UK and the USA. recent solo exhibitions 2005 2004 2003 2002 2000

Gullies Roads Dry Lands and Forests Utopia Art Sydney Dry Land Paintings Utopia Art Sydney Paintings from Tallaganda Utopia Art Sydney Paintings from Bundanon Utopia Art Sydney Gully Utopia Art Sydney Sydney

recent group exhibitions 2006

2005

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Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney The Big Picture Delmar Gallery Trinity Grammar School Sydney Countryscapes 2005 Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting Fountain Court Parliament House Sydney Grafton Regional Gallery Grafton Robert Jacks Drawing Prize Bendigo Art Gallery Bendigo Moist National Gallery of Australia Canberra Friends and Neighbours - Togetherness Hawkesbury Regional Gallery Windsor Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney New Ideas 2005 Utopia Art Sydney Sydney Hazelhurst Art Award 2005 - Art on Paper Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 2004 Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne Depth of Field – Anamorphosis Utopia Art Sydney Wynne Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Bloomsday Door Exhibition Arthouse Hotel Sydney Wynne & Archibald Prizes Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney The Year In Review Utopia Art Sydney Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award Grafton Regional Gallery Grafton The Fleurieu Prize Mclaren Vale South Australia Melbourne Art Fair 2002 Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne Salon des Refuses S H Ervin Gallery Sydney Wynne and Sulman Prizes Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Solstice Utopia Art Sydney Museum Utopia Art Sydney Gone Bush Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre Sydney Over the Back Fence Bowen Galleries Wellington New Zealand Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney Melbourne Art Fair 2000 Royal Exhibition Hall Melbourne Archibald Prize Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney (& NSW Regional tour)

Judith White

Judith White was born in Sydney, trained at the National Art School, gained a Bachelor of Arts degree at Sydney University’s New England campus, and is a member of the Australian Watercolour Institute. Judith has been a practising professional for 30 years with 34 solo exhibitions in the eastern capital cities of Australia, and in Nagoya, Japan in 1993.

Major commissions include, the Olympic Co-ordination Authority, Walker Corporation, Southern Pacific Petroleum/Central Pacific Mineral P.L, JLW Sydney, Attorney General’s Department of NSW, and in 2004 Judith was commissioned to complete a major work for the refurbished Hilton Hotel, Sydney.

Judith has won over a dozen major awards including the Mosman Art Prize twice, the Margaret Fesq Memorial Art Prize twice, the Manly Daily Art Prize, the Maitland Art Prize and in 2004 the Fleurieu Peninsula McLaren Vale Prize. recent solo exhibitions 2006 2004

2003

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Bush Creek Beaver Galleries Canberra Across the Country Wagner Art Gallery Sydney Romance and Realism Greenhill Galleries Adelaide Judith White & Michel Brouet Gallery 460 Gosford Duo Urbain New England Regional Art Museum Armidale (in collaboration with photographer Michel Brouet) Street Level Chifley Square Sydney - annex to Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery (in collaboration with Michel Brouet) Aerial Landscape Beaver Gallery Canberra Land Shapes Istral Gallery Sydney Deux Mondes: Landscapes From Two Hemispheres Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney Farm Lands Gallery 460 Gosford Desert Lake Greenhill Galleries Adelaide Delta Beaver Galleries Canberra Desert Heart Istral Gallery Sydney Salt Lake Edge Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery Sydney Terrain Istral Gallery Sydney

recent group exhibitions 2005

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2003 2002

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Rushcutters Bay Gallery Sydney Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Brisbane Collector’s Choice 05 Wagner Art Gallery Sydney Australian Watercolour Institute exhibition Mosman Art Gallery Sydney Fleurieu Peninsula McLaren Vale Prize Collector’s Choice 2004 Wagner Art Gallery Sydney Award Winning Artists Lasting Impressions Gallery Kenilworth Queensland Bendigo Bank Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Australian Watercolour Institute exhibition Mosman Art Gallery Sydney Jo Sonja/Packsaddle Exhibition New England Regional Art Museum Armidale Bendigo Bank Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Australian Watercolour Institute exhibition Wagner Art Gallery Sydney Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Westpac Sceggs Redlands Art Prize

list of

works

archer suzanne

Levee-Hunter, 2006, oil on canvas, 97 x 115cm

fitzjames michael

View of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer

frost joe

View of Maitland, 2006, acrylic on polyester, 97 x 115cm

lohmann emma

A view of Maitland (after Vermeer), 2006, oil on canvas, 97 x 115cm

macleod euan

Maitland - John & Leo, 2006, oil on canvas, 97 x 115cm

martin claire

Riverbank Path - Maitland, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 97 x 115cm

and View of Delft), 2006, oil on canvas, 64 x 76.5cm

mckenzie alexander Cloudcover over Maitland, 2006, oil on linen, 97 x 115cm pinson peter

Selective View of Maitland from the River Bank, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 97 x 115cm

robba leo

Between Trees - The River (Maitland), 2006, oil on canvas, 97 x 115cm

ryrie judith

Afternoon by the River, Maitland, 2006, oil on canvas, 97 x 115cm

walker john r

On the Bank, 2006, archival oil on polyester, 97 x 115cm

white judith

View of Maitland: River and Sky, 2006, mixed media on canvas, 97 x 115cm

View of Maitland from the riverbank (with apologies to Jan Vermeer and View of Delft) would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the following people Cressida Goddard Kim Blunt Peter Joass Janis Wilton Joe Eisenberg

catalogue design for all the liasing riverside support and cover image for proofing because he is the director

Artists’ statements and CV’s provided by the participating artists.

Special thanks go to the wonderful volunteers whom we are proud to have working with the staff at Maitland Regional Art Gallery.