GRAHAM AUSTIN Some examples of Graham Austin's recent work. Click on any of them for a larger view.

Graham Austin

"I see the Australian landscape as a rugged sculpture, enhanced with a strong sense of spirituality and swathed in a harsh, varying light that generates its own visual poetry, at times drama. I like to paint that poetry of visual repetition and monotony where you have to take time out, smelling it, studying its perspective and feeling the vast aura of its natural presence."   Graham studied at the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College 1958-63. Foundation President/ Senior Vice President, Drummoyne Art Society 1964-67 Member, Australian Watercolour Institute since 1972, Life Membership 1997. AWI President 1989-2003, Emeritus President and Vice President 2003 Foundation member of Peninsula Art Society 1981, President, 1986-89. Committee, Warringah Bicentennial 1985/86/87; Manly Art Gallery and Museum 1991-2001 Awarded the Order of Australia Medal, for service to the visual arts as a painter, 2006 Selected Exhibitions 1977 Annual Exhibition of American Watercolour Society, USA 1977 - 78 Travelling exhibition of Australian Watercolours in New Zealand 1981 Solo exhibition, Nature House Gallery, Cremorne. 1988 Solo exhibition, Menzies Hotel, Sydney. 1989 Solo exhibition, North Sydney Contemporary Gallery. 1991 13 person exhibition at Blackheath Gallery, London, UK 1991 Represented in panel of Australian Paintings in Barcelona, Spain. 1994 - 2006 International Watercolour Biennial, Mexico City, Mexico. 1995 International Watercolour Exhibition Vascos, Bilbao, Spain. 1998 produced the Australian Watercolour Institute 75th Anniversary Book. 2002 - 2006 Asia Watercolour Festival, Busan Bienniale, Korea. 2005 solo exhibition at Tamburlaine Wines, Pokolbin, Hunter Valley Collections  - Represented in many collections including - Manly Art Gallery, Lismore Art Trust; Drummoyne, Ryde, Waverley and Pittwater Councils, Montrose Wines, Tooheys, Tomago Aluminium, Trinity Grammar, Scotts College, Kincoppal College, Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick, Elcom Credit Union, International Museo de la Acuarela Mexicana, Hornsby Bestowed Art Collection. Many private collections in NSW, Queensland, Victoria and WA, UK, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Netherlands and Japan. Awards Numerous commendations and over 35 major art awards, including - 1964 Mirror Waratah Festival Art Award; Watercolour. 1967 Blue Mountains Art Award; Watercolour. 1969, 1970 Hunters Hill Art Award; Watercolour. 1978 Manly Art Gallery Purchase Award; [Acrylic]. 1978 Gunnedah Tooheys Acquisitive Art Award. 1978 Lismore Art Trust Purchase Award; Watercolour. 1979 Grenfell Art Award; Watercolour. 1979 Mudgee Montrose Purchase Award; [Acrylic]. 1981 Warringah Art Award; Contemporary Prize [Oil]. 1984 Willoughby Art Prize; Traditional [Acrylic]. 1991 Goulbourn Art Award; Watercolour, Equal First. 1991 Raymond Terrace Tomago Acquisitive Art Award; [Oil]. 1993 Royal Easter Show; Rural Prize [Oil]; Watercolour 3rd Prize. 1998 Australian Artist Magazine National Watercolour Prize. Bibliography: Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Allan McCulloch, Hutchison 1964/67/84. Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand. Max Germaine, Lansdowne1972/79. Australian Watercolour Painters 1780-1980. Jean Campbell, Rigby 1983. Artists and Galleries of Australia Max Germaine, Craftsman House 1984, 1990 Warringah 1988, A Celebration by its Artists and Writers. Warringah Shire Council. Australian Watercolour Painters. 1780 to the present day. Jean Campbell, Craftsman House 1989. Australian Watercolour Institute. 75th Anniversary 1923-1998. AWI, The Beagle Press,1998. Australian Watercolour Institute. A Gallery of Australia's Finest Watercolours. Text by Peter Pinson, Jean Campbell, & Peter Laverty. Phillip Mathews Book Publishers 2006