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Garry SheadEtching House Buy Garry Shead original oil paintings, etchings and prints, call Rolf at Etching House, Phone 0413007054 New works from Garry Shead at Etching House 2012, 2 etchings hand signed. Detailed Background information on Garry Shead -
Garry Shead won his first Archibald Prize in 1993.
1963-6 Scenic artist with the ABC TV Selected Solo Exhibitions
1996 Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane Group ExhibitionsGarry Shead has participated in numerous group exhibitions including the Archibald Prize Exhibition, The Blake Prize Exhibition and Sulman Prize Exhibition. Garry Shead Awards
1986 Winner, Mahlab Art Prize (New
South Wales) Garry Shead collection held by national galleries
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Exciting News - Etching House recommends highly not missing this outstanding collection of the beautiful and talented works by our beloved Garry Shead, one Australia's best blue chip Iconic artists.
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Garry Shead New Series "Love on Mount Pleasant" "Garry Shead toasts Maurice O' Shea" Curated by Gavin Wilson, Opened by Her Excellency Marie Bashir AC CVO Governor of New South Wales 9th November 2010, and the exhibition may be seen at Australian Galleries Roylston Street Paddington NSW 2021, the exhibition is current till 27th November 2010.
Titles of the works are as follows - Garry Shead Australian Oil Painting titles on exhibition till 27th November 2010 are -
The Profundity of wine 2010 oil on linen 71x91cm The Spill 2009 oil on board 32x32 SOLD Nov 2010 Vigneron and workers 2009 35x39 Vintage Mount Pleasant 2009 oil on linen 127x158cm Workers drinking wine 2009 oil on linen 46x60cm SOLD Nov 2010 The Pickers 2009 oil on board 32x32 SOLD The History of Wine 2010 Oil on Linen 92x71cm Sacramental wine 2010 oil on linen 143x189cm Reverie 2010 oil on board 42x35cm Retinue of Dionysus 2010 oil on linen 152x122 Nov 2010 Outside the Church 2009 oil on linen 92x122 "Mount Pleasantania" 2010 oil on linen 152x122 Maurice and Bacchus 2010 oil on linen 62x72cm SOLD Nov 2010 Marriage feast at Pokolbin 2010 oil on linen 92x122cm SOLD Nov 2010 Marriage 2009 oil on linen 71x91cm Love on Mount Pleasant 2010 oil on linen 122x152 In the Kitchen 2009 79x91 Oil on Linen
Etching House for Australian Garry Shead Fine Art limited edition etchings and quality prints. Etching House is considered to be the largest retailer of Garry Shead Australian Limited Edition fine art Etching prints and works on paper in Australia. Australian fine art etchings and limited edition prints have been very successful for Garry Shead as he is one of the best etchers to come out of Australia for a long time, a true master. Garry Shead has just completed his new etching titled "The Sacrifice" available September 2009 and The Bride of Mount Pleasant available 2010, stock of the new etching titled Sacrifice and the etching titled and The Bride of Mount Pleasant in stock now, New Etchings from Garry Shead Coming to Etching House July 2010. Garry Shead November 2010, has 6 new fine art limited edition etchings being released, 3 in colour and 3 in black and white, they are titled "Dionysus at Pokolbin" "The First Vintage" "The First Vintage" Etching House will have these on display at the Sydney Art Fair 11th to 14th November 2010, please stay in touch with Etching House. Garry Shead draws inspiration from his recent journey to Greece, new innovative work is coming soon. The following painting and art work's listed are some of Garry Shead recorded painting sales from 2003 to 2007 by major Auction House's such as Sotheby's, Deutscher Menzies, and Christies. Coming to Etching House, New Etchings by Garry Shead. The latest record sale was the oil painting titled "Queen of Suburbia" it sold at $432,000 by Sotheby's Auction house in 2007 setting a new record for Garry Shead art works.
2007 - Queen of Suburbia $432,000
2005 - Epiphany 1998
2003 - Young Prince 136.5 x 182.5 cm,
2007 - Coat of Arms 1995
2005 - The Novel 1994
2006 - The Sentinel $162,000
2007 - Envoy III (D. H. Lawrence Series) $156,000
2003 - The Dance 2003$141,000
2005 - The Visitor Auction Art Sales from 1988 to 2007 inclusive in 000's of Dollars - Australian Art - 34,354/1988 - 39,080/1998 - 145,230/2007 with the bulk of the growth being from 2002 to 2007 inclusive. Indigenous Art - 666/1988 - 5,283/1998 - 23,866/2007. International Art - 3,454/1988 - 5,758/1998 - 6,534/2007. Grand Total - 38,474/1988 - 50,120 /111998 - 17,5630/2007. Trend and price information contained in this Etching House web site segment are from recorded Auction Sales in Australia. The major growth period seems to be 1998 to 2007, with a strong period from 2002 to 2007. The cycle shows 3 years steady growth then one of rest and back to 3 years of growth. The purpose of this information is purely for interest of sake only.
New - Garry Shead art work soon at Etching House. Garry Shead is working on a new series of Australian paintings, the series relates to his whimsical unique style; Basil Hall is polishing the new etching print plates. Arrival of the new art series is expected June 2011. Australian Ceramic Art by Garry Shead soon at Etching House. Information about the Garry Shead Etching titled Sacrifice is available from Etching House. Sacrifice was also done as an Oil painting; it is also featured in the book kangaroo by D.H. Lawrence. Excerpt from Speech by Professor Sasha Grishin AM, FAHA The Sir William Dobell Professor of Art History - from Etching House ‘The Sacrifice' Take for example the major canvas, The Sacrifice In the centre are two figures accompanied by the two birds - the magpie and the sulphur-crested cockatoo - and there is the kangaroo in flames in the background which seems to be a source of illumination. All of this, taken together with the coastal cottage and the scrubby foreshore of the NSW coastline, may remind one of the DH Lawrence series, but such a reading would be somewhat erroneous. On closer examination it would appear that the male figure, positioned strategically in the exact centre of the composition, appears as if crucified in space, his head slightly inclined to one side as in traditional medieval Crucifixion of Christ scenes. I think that it was Arthur Boyd who originally introduced the swooping magpie in his Crucifixion imagery of the 1940s. With Shead the magpie and the cockatoo adopt the role of the sun and the moon, the polarity which defines human existence and without which no traditional Crucifixion scene would be complete. The most interesting and telling figure is that of the female nude, who like a mermaid belongs to the sea knowing that if she leaves the water she must perish, while if she returns to the sea she will sacrifice her love for ever. What is very unusual in Shead's oeuvre is that she has her faced turned away from the spectator and her identity is known only to the one who is crucified. Her form and the colour of her hair suggest that this could be Judit, the artist's wife who died on 8th of May 2007, yet the work thrives in its sense of ambiguity. When the identities are not firmly fixed, then there is room for allegory and symbolism and the freedom of association which delivers a deeply personal reading uniquely relevant to each beholder. On closer examination it seems that the kangaroo is opening the window and offering a path of escape - but for these sacrificial lovers there is no, and never will be, a way out. Sacrifice by Garry Shead at Etching House
Garry Shead through his unique talent evident in his oil paintings, original
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These new etchings by Garry Shead are loose inside the book to accommodate framing. - Annunciation Etching, by Garry Shead sold out and rising in value to new high, talk to Etching House.
Tango 1 by Garry Shead and about the Etchings and the process of making a multi-plate colour etching.
As used in Tango I, involves the artist drawing parts of the image on each
of the three plates. Some information is on a plate which is inked up all over
in yellow, some of the marks and tones are red and are drawn on the second
plate, while the main or key information (lines and dark tones) is drawn on the
key plate and printed last.
Love on Mount Pleasant The demolition began early on a winter's morning in July 1966. The corrugated iron winery at Mount Pleasant in Pokolbin, that had been the hub of a momentous outpouring of creative genius, was gone. It was the site where the great winemaker Maurice O'Shea, (1897-1956) had spent his working life. Attuned to the natural nuances of every season, he never missed a vintage in his thirty-five years at Mount Pleasant. It was a time when much of the country's idiosyncratic heritage was treated with scant regard. Considered an unsafe workplace and an eyesore, the old winery didn't stand a chance. The respected wine authority, Len Evans, pleaded in vain with the McWilliams family, who had been O'Shea's sponsor since 1932, to spare this singular piece of Australian wine-making history. Now the only records we have are in anecdotes from the few people who remembered the place, and the photographs taken by Max Dupain of the 1951 vintage wine. Garry Shead (b.1942) is one who has vivid memories of Mount Pleasant. Maurice O'Shea was Carry's uncle. His mother, Nora Florence O'Shea, married Gordon Shead in 1937. She was Maurice's youngest sister. As a child, Shead recalled driving from Sydney's North Shore to Mount Pleasant during the Easter holidays. The vintage was in, and it was a time to celebrate while the wines matured and slumbered in their darkened casks. Apart from being the renowned vigneron, Maurice was a superb cook - a true gastronaut, matching wines, perhaps a 1953 Mount Pleasant Florence Riesling (named in honour of Carry's mother, Nora Florence) or the magical 1937 Mountain 'A' Dry Red, with scintillating dishes such as Jewfish poached in white wine, coq au vin or yabbies Provencal, or his rogue dish, Bandicoot in red wine. Close at hand were fresh vegetables from the garden - eggs were never far away and milk was supplied by the cows roaming the paddocks. Maurice's culinary marvels were fired, baked and steamed in a tiny galley kitchen on a kerosene stove. Of course, he had reinforcements in the form of escapees from the city - the renowned chef, Henri Renault was never far from the action, with further support from the great food and wine entrepreneur, J.K. (Johnny) Walker. This was the culmination of all Maurice's efforts -bringing together the best of wine and food to enjoy in the company of family and friends. The final act in a day of feasting at Mount Pleasant was a walk up the Old Hill through the gnarled old vines planted by Charles King in 1880. Looking back across the valley, a panorama unfolds linking the bush, the vines, the valley and the sky in an intense landscape experience. The scene was the subject of Garry Shead's first oil painting View of Mount Pleasant, 1953, where the budding artist seems to have unconsciously obliged the precepts of the colonial picturesque. From this vantage point, Hal Missingham, then director of the Art Gallery of NSW, observed how Maurice O'Shea's corrugated iron shed was indeed an integral part of the Australian landscape, and, on closer inspection, imbued with a character unique in its day. The winery encompassed a workplace with its old oak stave presses and concrete vats, cellar, studio and library, living quarters and kitchen galley. There was no electricity - all the work was powered by hand. The corrugated iron structure rose up from a dirt floor, and to keep it cool in summer, the exterior was whitewashed, amplifying the dynamic interplay of light and shade. In this magical realm, Uncle Maurice supported his nephew's nascent interest in art. He encouraged the boy, giving him books to fire the imagination -The Little Antoine de Saint-Exupery as well as Shead's favourite, Captain Marryat's Midshipman Easy. Maurice was Carry's earliest mentor. At the time of O'Shea's death in 1956, Carry Shead, the teenager, was coming to grips with having to wear thick, heavy spectacles to combat myopia, just as his uncle had done to eventually triumph and gain recognition as Australia's greatest winemaker. Ten years after Maurice's death, in the year the winery was demolished, Carry Shead began experimenting with ways of depicting the complex character and nature of O'Shea. In works such as Slightly Bemused, 1966, and Maurice with Bandicoot, 1966, Shead's witty use of wine-glass bases to represent a pair of spectacles reveals something of the artist's imaginative process and humorous inclination sparked by the legacy of Uncle Maurice. Maurice George O'Shea, eldest son of an Irish-born wine and spirit merchant, John Augustus O'Shea, and French-born mother, Leontine Beaucher was born on the 13 June 1897 at 1 Miller Street, North Sydney. Five of six children survived. In May, 1907, Nora was born. She would be Garry's mother and Maurice's favourite sibling. Nora was 5 years-old when her father died. The charismatic wine merchant died aged 42 from cirrhosis of the liver. It was said that Maurice inherited his father's brain and his mother's heart. Whatever the case, Leontine had to make a decision on the future of her 16-year-old son. The wine business was in his blood. The New South Wales Wine and Spirit Company was the family business. But first, his education would need attending to. In 1913, Maurice was sent to France to finish his schooling at the Lycee Montpellier. Being bright and charming, he excelled. Having finished school, he was eligible for French military service but, as a consequence of his extreme short-sightedness, he was rejected. For the next two years, he studied at the Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture at Grignon, near Paris. He went on to complete a degree in viticultural science at Montpellier University with qualifications in botany, history and chemistry. It was here he immersed himself in the mystery of fermentation and the creation of wine that begins life with yeasts turning sugar into alcohol. He applied himself to the winemaker's art, honing his ability to detect subtle fragrances and emerging characteristics that would intensify over time. Briefly, he lectured on analytical wine chemistry, and importantly, travelled the wine regions of France'...tasting the best and worst so that great wine and poor wine and the pathways to both became intrinsic to him. These encounters, in effect, would be the cornerstone of his future success. At the time, very few talented figures in the arts in Australia had the opportunity to experience first-hand the thrill of recognition that exposure to a first-rate work of art provided. Artists relied on poor reproductions while an aspiring winemaker would have to rely on the safe and gentle passage of vintages from Burgundy and Bordeaux. Etching House specialise in Garry Shead fine art, etchings and prints. Etching House List of colour plates used for Garry Shead Oil Paintings of Australia The Arrival, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 2, The Conspirators, 90.8 x 121.5 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 3, They were there, 91.5x122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 4, Thirroul, 91.0 x 121.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 5, Railway Station, 91.0 x 121.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 6, Thirroulia, 90.2 x 121.2 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left' Garry Shead 93' Plate 7, Kangaroo, 91.0 x 121.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 8, The Presence I, 91.5x122.0 cm, oil on composition board Plate 9, The Struggle, 122.0 x 152.5 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 10, 1922, 122.O x 152.5 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 11, Fame, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 12, The Visitors, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 13, The Wave, 91.0 x 121.0 cm, oil on canvas on board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 14, Le dejeuner sur I'herbe, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 15, Aboriginal, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left' Garry Shead 92' Plate 16, Headland, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 17, Sentinel, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 18, The Cliff, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 19, The Letter, 122.0 x 152.5 cm, oil on composition board Plate 20, The Presence II, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate21, Dz«&, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right Garry Shead 92.' Plate 22, Nightfall, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 23, Nightfall, 62.0 x 60.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 24, Firelight, 122.0 x 152.5 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 23, The Dream, 122.0 x 152.5 cm, oil on composition board, signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 26, New Land, 90.5 x 121.4 cm, oil on composition board Plate 27, The Guards, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 28, The Antipodes, 90.5 x 120.5 cm, oil on composition board Plate 29, Rainbow, 60.0 x 60.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 30, The Cocky, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right' Garry Shead 92' Plate 31, Flaming Kangaroo, 91.0 x 121.5 cm, oil on composition board Plate 32, Creation, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right' Garry Shead 92' Plate 33, The Dance, 62.0 x 60.0 cm, oil on hard board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 34, The Awakening, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on hard board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 35, The Envoy I, 91.5x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 36, Noon, 25.5 x 30.5 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 37, Treason, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on board Plate 3 8, The Secret, 60.0 x 60.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 39, Intruder, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on canvas, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 40, Marriage, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 41, Checkmate, 91.0 x 121.5 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 42, The Supper, 91.0 x 122.5 cm, oil on composition board Plate 43, The Meeting, 91.5 x 121.0 cm, oil on composition board Plate 44, Death of Cooky, 91.0 x 106.0 cm, oil on canvas, signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 45, Death of Kangaroo, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 46, The Monument, 91.2 x 121.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 93' Plate 47, Main Street, 91.5 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, Signed lower right 'Garry Shead 92' Plate 48, Apotheosis of D.H. Lawrence, 91.2 x 122.0 cm, oil on composition board, signed lower left 'Garry Shead 92' All images in this site are at the courtesy of the artist. Garry Shead limited edition fine art prints at Etching House. Garry Shead and Etching House say that an Etching print, or Oil painting are both original works of art, just different mediums. Garry has started on several new etchings from the Mount Pleasant series which & quot; The Bride (Mount Pleasant) & quot; is the first of several, Etching House is a specialist in Garry Shead fine art works on paper particularly the medium of Etchings prints. Etching House has the largest collection of Garry Shead works on paper in stock. Garry Shead, says it is harder to make a etching print than it is to do an oil painting, meditating before commencing any etching or painting work brings out the inspiration to create. Etching House specialise in Limited Edition fine art Works on Paper by Australian iconic and awarded artists - Etching House for over a decade has educated thousands of people in the fine art of collecting Etchings prints and limited edition works on paper, Etching House has been the single largest promoter of the oldest medium Etchings and the education of what Etchings are today, basically a lost tradition that has been around since the 14th century. Etching Masters like Norman Lindsay and Lionel Lindsay are two iconic Australian Fine art Etching print makers, Norman Lindsay and Lionel Lindsay have one of the largest body of Etchings works on paper ever made in this country.
Norman Lindsay has over 300 recorded original limited edition fine art etching prints and Garry Shead has been worthy of a similar growing loyal following similar to that of Norman Lindsay Australian iconic classical and traditional artist. True masters will always be followed, some of the emerging and living iconic artists with a solid following for there etchings prints and fine art works on paper are the likes of - Garry Shead, Jeffrey Smart, Tim Storrier, John Olsen, Margaret Olley AC, AO, David Boyd, Ray Crooke AM, Jason Benjamin, up and coming Jasper Knight, Charles Blackman, up and coming Craig Ruddy, Lin Onus to mention a few. Garry Shead and Etching House say that Limited Edition Works on Paper are well known and respected in the Fine Art World; they are more affordable than original Art works, they are hand made and signed by the artist. Garry Shead Australian fine art paintings at Etching House Garry Shead for Limited edition Fine Art, Etchings, drawings, lithographs, DVD's Books and Prints at Etching House. Fine Art, Etchings and Prints by Garry Shead at Weekend Australian Affordable Art Show Sydney, Etching House Stand A10. Garry Shead Fine Art, Etchings and Prints at Etching House Weekend Australian Affordable Art Show Melbourne. Garry Shead art in stock at Etching House Garry Shead framed and unframed paintings etchings and limited edition fine art prints at Etching House. Etching House provides frames for your David Boyd works of art upon request.
Etching House Buy, sell and trade Garry Shead fine art paintings and prints, limited edition original etchings, silk-screens, collagraph art works. Garry Shead fine art comes with certificates of authenticity upon request at Etching House. Garry Shead art is delivered by Woollahra Art Removals upon request. Etching prints have over recent years become collectable and have in some cases shown a considerable increase in value, the process started as early as c1400. All images in this site are at the courtesy of the artist. A complete Garry Shead "DH Lawrence" reference collection is available at Etching House. Fine art limited edition Australian prints by Garry Shead at Etching House. Garry Shead new fine art original etching print titled Athena, Maenad and Dionusus at Etching House March 2011, both works are edition's of 30 etching prints only, signed Garry Shead lower right.
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Australian iconic and up and coming artists Margaret Olley, Garry Shead, Jason Benjamin, Melissa Egan, Kerrie Lester, and Charles Blackman will be at the New South Wales State Library Sydney 12th of May 2011, the event will be have a guest speaker Edmund Capon director of the state gallery of New South Wales who will be welcomed by Richard Neville Mitchell Library. This event is a celebration in honour of 30 years of service to the art world by Berkeley Editions. Etching House is proud to be associated with this event and Berkeley Editions.
Australian iconic artists Margaret Olley, Garry Shead, Jason, Benjamin, Melissa Egan, Kerrie Lester, and Charles Blackman attending the 30th year calibration for Berkeley Editions at the state Library of NSW are all Australian artists who also specialise in making fine art limited edition etchings and prints available at Etching House.
Fine Art and etching and print artists Margaret Olley, Garry Shead, Jason, Benjamin, Melissa Egan, Kerrie Lester, and Charles Blackman attending the 30th year calibration for Berkeley, hosted by the State Library Sydney, 12th May 2011, Etching House will be there. Garry Shead art available at Etching House, Garyy Shead art on Lay Buy available at Etching House. Australian iconic artist Garry Shead fine art collection at Melbourne annual Etching House art fair, May 2011. See Garry Shead stand A7 Melbourne Art Fair with Etching House.
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