north of Morven 2008-9
image: back doors 2008 watercolour on paper
description
Watercolour paintings (and one acrylic painting) of the buildings on a sheep and cattle property near Morven in south-west Queensland, Australia, by Australian artist Christine Porter. Subject matter includes the shearing shed, both interior (pictured above) and exterior views, other sheds and the sort of smaller images that continue the story of a particular place. Sizes range from 10cm square to larger work approx 80 cm long. about the artist
artist statement
This project followed the same sort of trajectory that has developed in the twenty-one years of Christine being a "serial artist-in-residence" across rural Queensland and New South Wales. There had been a chance meeting at an art show in Charleville with a woman whose family had a place nearby. A conversation: "there's a shed up the back you might be interested in", she'd said. Some emails and phone conversation later and then a visit planned to tie in with Christine's next trip west. Several days spent walking about and observing, watching the shadows move across a desiccated landscape and seeing how those shadows related to the buildings there. This was a time of looking and seeing: sketching, colour notes, thinking, paintings started, some photos then back to the studio. Months later a body of work, mainly watercolours in this case, but sometimes acrylics or etchings, that remembers that visit, that describes the buildings and the activities of that place but one that places the artist there too. Christine Porter, Lismore 2009
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installation, exhibitions and sales
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where to see or purchase these paintings in Australia 2011: Any available work from this series is now at Christine's studio/gallery in Lismore (by appointment, 02 66225733) though this could change as exhibition opportunities arise. Contact us for up to date details of the location and/or price of any particular artwork. In 2010 work from this series was exhibited in the following solo and group exhibitions: a box of horseshoes The Moree Gallery, Moree ( 02 6752 3927); Paper + Wood Kingaroy Art Gallery, Kingaroy; Wattle thistle and rose - the finest watercolourists of Australia, England and Scotland, Wollongong City Gallery,Wollongong; various regional art shows. Likewise in 2009: Red Hill Gallery, Brisbane; Fairway Studios, Goondiwindi; The Moree Gallery, Moree; Shire Art Prize, Kempsey; Easter Art Show, Roma; Landmark art show, Mitchell; Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape Painting, Lismore and Sydney. Qld Watercolour Society Annual Exhibition, Brisbane |
| prices from $250 - $3500 depending on the age, size and framed state of the work. Prices in Australian dollars and include GST for sales within Australia. buy or lease paintings from this series |
copyright, reproductions and licensing
- The copyright of all content on this website - all pictures and words - is owned by the artist. It is illegal to copy or transmit any image from this site. Please contact us if you wish to see a larger file of any image.
- At the present time Christine is concentrating on selling only original paintings from this series, however please contact us if there is an image you are particularly taken with as this situation may change.
- Christine and Full Moon Publications are happy to discuss appropriate licencing of Christine's images.
- Full Moon Publications have published a selection of Christine's rural Australian images in their greeting card range, though none from this current series. buy greeting cards, postcards and gift tags
available artwork
These works are all for sale. Contact us for the most up-to-date information about a particular artwork or to buy or lease paintings from this series. Please be aware of the sort of discrepancies between photographed and web-reproduced artwork and how it appears in real life.
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shed near Morven 2008 watercolour on paper approx 65 x 28cm currently framed |
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dawn shed 2008 watercolour on paper 32.5 x 19cm |
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the back doors |
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under the eaves |
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stencil 2008 watercolour on paper 14 x 15 cm |
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mailbox 2008 watercolour on paper 14 x 15 cm |
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two taps and a pannikan 2008 watercolour on paper 14 x 15 cm |
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tree at the shed
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selected archive
These paintings have all sold and are now in corporate or private collections across Australia. This is not a complete selection of the work sold from this series.
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hand made latch |
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steps at the shed |
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tree in front of the pumphouse |
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dunny |
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meathouse |
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western doorway 2009 watercolour on paper private collection sold |
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interior |
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southern view 2008 watercolour on paper private collection- sold |
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the shed 2008 watercolour on paper cm private collection - sold |
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the back of the cottages 2009 watercolour on paper cm private collection- sold |
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long shed in the landscape 2008 watercolour on paper private collection - sold in 2011 this painting was raffled for Kaloma home for the aged, Goondiwindi. |
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long dip tanks 2009 watercolour on paper private collection- sold |
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dip tank 2009 watercolour on paper private collection- sold |
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the yards
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