Art Appreciation

[TrevorW]

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 (Trevor)]

Sorry, I regularly suffer from art failure.

[inline_online (Dan)]

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]

Whitelys sell for $1m these days a bit out of my pay scale

[inline_online (Dan)]

No reason why you can't buy a print. My Whitely print of The American Dream cost about $550.

[TrevorW]

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]

• Gary Duncan

we like his interpretations of the australian landscape
we have a couple of prints, e.g.
http://www.garryduncanartist.com.au/...allerie03.html

• Aboriginal Art

e.g. art from the Western Desert/Papunya

[wayne anderson (Wayne)]

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