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TrevorW
26-09-2012, 12:35 PM
Over the last few years I've started collecting art (Australian Artists) especially Australiana scenes, landscape or people (slightly abstract)

I quite like paintings by Max Mannix, Helen Norton also Terry Cousins can anyone point me to others worth a look

Thanks

tlgerdes
26-09-2012, 03:51 PM
Sorry, I regularly suffer from art failure.

inline_online
26-09-2012, 06:40 PM
Hi Trevor,

I'm not much of an art buff but I do like Helen Norton's work.

I was at a Brett Whitely exhibition at the Perth Art Gallery many many years ago. I only went because he did the cover to dIRE sTRAITS Alchemy album. Anyway, I ended up buying a print copy of Whitely's The American Dream. It is amazing. The real painting is 22m long; my copy is 7m long. There is so much to see in it, what an amazing artist!!

Maybe you could check out some of his work?

Cheers,
Dan

TrevorW
27-09-2012, 10:24 AM
Whitelys sell for $1m these days a bit out of my pay scale

inline_online
27-09-2012, 05:00 PM
No reason why you can't buy a print. My Whitely print of The American Dream cost about $550.

TrevorW
27-09-2012, 05:04 PM
Thanks but not interested in prints, originals only. looking for long term investments for my children's children

A Whitely purchased in 1988 for $200,000 recently sold for $1.6m

Did find a couple I like Hamblin, Steer and Maynard Waters

DJDD
27-09-2012, 05:14 PM
Gary Duncan

we like his interpretations of the australian landscape
we have a couple of prints, e.g.
http://www.garryduncanartist.com.au/gallery2/gallerie03.html



Aboriginal Art

e.g. art from the Western Desert/Papunya

wayne anderson
27-09-2012, 05:40 PM
If you are interested in any indigenous art you might like the work of Ross Smith.
He is a friend of mine, I have one of his hand crafted didgeridoos.

You can view 7 of his works on this page.

http://www.wupaatwanaruah.com.au/rosssmith/index.html (http://www.wupaatwanaruah.com.au/rosssmith/index.html)