The wide range of styles at this year's Glover Prize Landscape Art Show was very evident. Here are some of the more eclectic.
1. Mark Payne (VIC) "The 'Great' Southern Migration"
Oil on Canvas
122 x 142 cms
A self-described "dreamscape referencing the Crater Lake/Cradle Mountain region."
2. Richard Allen (NSW) "A Cry from the Very Edge"
Acrylic and Indian ink on canvas
120 x 160 cms
This contemporary work features the endangered Tasmanian Devil in its Robbins Island sanctuary.
3. David Jones (TAS) "Kempton Sugarloaf"
Oil on board
57 x 61 cms
A view of the sheep farming region around the historic town of Kempton.
4. Susan Simonini "Summer Solstice (Swamp Road, Kindred)
Acrylic on board
80 x 80 cms
Stylishly celebrating the rural Tasmanian landscape.
5. Jason Cordero "The Resolution of an Absent Day"
Oil on linen
122 x 122 cms
This surrealistic landscape also references the Cradle Mountain region. The colours are completely over the top and remind me of the work of James Gleeson (1915-2008), Australia's greatest ever surrealist artist. www.flickr.com/photos/luminosity7/50577558062/in/album-72...
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It's always nice to observe social behaviour. And these days that almost invariably means catching people using their smart phones.
One of my photographs, “The Conversation of Art” from last year’s show, was used by the John Glover Society to promote this year’s event.
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The category winners have been announced.
The Glover Prize goes to Jennifer Riddle of Victoria for "Wanderings of the Past and Now". It features a scene from Port Davey in the remote south-west of Tasmania. I think you'll agree on its photogenic charms. A truly brilliant composition of line, shade, reflections and just enough colour. Like most of this year's entries (because interstate artists couldn't travel), it was based on a photograph.
Synthetic polymer on canvas.
186 x 186 cms
One of the Highly Commended works was by Tasmanian artist Stephen Lees, "Walking George". This colouful, almost abstract, work is inspired by walking his dog through a local landscape.
Oil panel.
137 x 122 cms
Another bit of controversy was created by the Packers' choice of Western Australian artist Cynthia Orr's "Our House". One rule of the Glover Prize is that it must feature a Tasmanian landscape (where Glover himself painted). Some critics have argued the features in this painting more closely resemble that of her home town of Albany (WA).
Acrylic and art pen on canvas.
48 x 48 cms
But what would an art show be without controversy?
Tomorrow I'll show you the "People's Choice" award winner. Photographers will be pleased.
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Australia's Most Prestigious Landscape Art Prize in honour of John Glover (1767-1849).
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Diane McDonald (QLD) "Breakfast at Patterdale"
Acrylic on linen.
101 x 101 cms
The house in this painting is John Glover's "Patterdale" which he built with convict labour in 1831 at Deddington, Tasmania. This artist's stylistic reimagining is beautifully rendered, with a nod to the sheep that Glover farmed. It is still a wool growing sheep farm today.
You can see some more views of John Glover's restored Patterdale Farm in my Glover Album: www.flickr.com/photos/luminosity7/albums/72157716109084856
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