Geoff Dyer (1947-2020) will remain firmly etched into Tasmania’s cultural history as one of our most celebrated contemporary painters. His artistic legacy continues to live on through his work.
Throughout his fifty-year career as an artist, Geoff lived to paint, happiest in the chaos of his studio surrounded by a plethora of spent paint tubes, discarded rags and remnants of past endeavours. His significant artistic achievements reflect this determination and passion, compelled to capture the Tasmanian landscape and exhibit work to his many friends and followers. His evocative oils capturing the imagination, complexity and raw beauty that underpins the Tasmanian landscape experience.
Selected Works From The Artist’s Studio represents an exhibition planned with Geoff over the past 12 months. The gallery is honoured to host a modest, but poignant survey of early and recent works, including his last studio painting.
Geoff had a unique capacity to evoke light through paint, capturing a sense of atmosphere and charging each work with an unmistakable strength and intensity. Key to each interpretation was the overall tone. This included the damp cold greens reminiscent of Cockle Creek, the thick heavy blues of Ocean Beach and the fierce reds and oranges from his Fire Series. This exhibition acknowledges these underlining tones found in Geoff’s work and has been curated to share the vivid contrasts captured across his practice, presenting sixteen major oils, a suite of smaller studies, as well as a small selection of works on paper, painted plein air from Dolphin Sands.
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PREVIEW VIDEO
EXHIBITION IMAGES
#1 GEOFF DYER Fire 2020 oil on linen 152 x 186 cm SOLD
OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
#2 GEOFF DYER- Reduction Red II 2004 oil on linen 83 x 183 cm SOLD
#3 GEOFF DYER Tasmanian Summer - Pink 2019 oil on linen 122 x 183 cm $29,750.00
#4 GEOFF DYER Red Abstract 2020 oil on linen 152 x 183 cm SOLD
#3 Geoff Dyer Tasmanian Summer III 2019 Oil on linen 122 x 183cm SOLD
#29 GEOFF DYER Lune River II c2002 oil on linen 152 x 152 cm $31,750.00
#8 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach 2020 Oil on linen 137 x 183 cm SOLD
#9 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach 2017 oil on linen 183 x 274 cm $75,000.00
#7 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach c2017 oil on linen 168 x 198 cm SOLD
#6 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach Dusk c2016 oil on linen 152 x 183 cm $33,500.00
#10 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach Tidal c2013 oil on linen 183 x 213 cm $37,500.00
GEOFF DYER Entry To The Waterline - Blue Abstract Sky 2018 oil on linen 122 x 152 cm signed LR SOLD
#11 GEOFF DYER Cockle Creek I 2019 Oil on linen 152 x 183cm SOLD
#17 Geoff Dyer Waterfall 2019 Oil on linen 152 x 183cm SOLD
#15 GEOFF DYER King River II 2019 Oil on linen 91.5 x 183cm $24,500.00 RESERVED
#16 GEOFF DYER King River 2020 oil on linen 122 x 60 cm $12,500.00 RESERVED
#13 GEOFF DYER Cockle Creek 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 60cm SOLD
#8 Geoff Dyer 2017
D' Entrecasteaux Creek II
Oil on linen
183 X 247 cm
$65,000.00 RESERVED
STUDIES & WATERCOLOURS
#24 GEOFF DYER Freycinet View c2008 watercolour on paper 76 x 105 cm SOLD
#26 GEOFF DYER Freycinet View c2010 watercolour on paper 56 x 76 cm SOLD
#27 GEOFF DYER From Dolphin Sands I c2010 watercolour on paper 56 x 76 cm SOLD
#28 GEOFF DYER Dolphin Sands II c2010 watercolour on paper 56 x 76 cm SOLD
#25 GEOFF DYER From Dolphin Sands 2 c2018 watercolour on paper 56 x 75 cm signed lower right SOLD
#21 GEOFF DYER Cockle Creek V 2019 oil on linen 40 x 30 cm SOLD
#20 GEOFF DYER Cockle Creek II 2019 oil on linen 35 x 28 cm SOLD
#19 GEOFF DYER Cockle Creek III 2019 oil on linen 35 x 28 cm SOLD
23 GEOFF DYER Ocean Beach Study I 2019 oil on linen 30 x 40 cm SOLD
#22 GEOFF DYER Blue Series 11 2018 oil on linen 30 x 41 cm SOLD
#17 GEOFF DYER Abstract Study II 2019 Oil on linen 27 x 35cm SOLD
#18 GEOFF DYER Abstract Study I 2019 Oil on linen 25 x 30.5cm SOLD
GALLERY VIEWS
Gallery View - #12 Waterfall
Gallery View - [left to right] #6 Ocean Beach Dusk, #3 Tasmanian Summer - Pink, #1 Fire
Gallery View - [left to right] #4 Red Abstract, #29 Lune River II, #6 Ocean Beach Dusk, #3 Tasmanian Summer - Pink
Gallery View - [left to right] #15 King River II, #19, #20 & #21 Cockle Creek Studies, #13 Cockle Creek
Gallery View - [left to right] #9 Ocean Beach, #8 Ocean Beach, #25-28 Dolphin Sands
Gallery View - [left to right] #3 Tasmanian Summer - Pink, #1 Fire, #2 Reduction in Red II
Gallery View - [left to right] #24 Freycinet View, #14 D'Entrecasteaux Creek
Gallery View - [left to right] #29 Lune River II, #6 Ocean Beach Dusk, #3 Tasmanian Summer - Pink,#1 Fire, #2 Reduction in Red II
Gallery View - [left to right] #19, #20 & #21 Cockle Creek Studies, #13 Cockle Creek
