12 December 2018 – 3 February 2019
Opening Wednesday 12 December 5.30pm
We are proud to invite you to help us celebrate another successful year in promoting contemporary Australian artists in Tasmania artists through the opening of our 31st Annual Summer Group Show. This annual tradition is a delightful way to celebrate the strengths and diversity of all our artists, across multiple mediums and themes. Artists exhibiting include Geoff Dyer, Todd Jenkins, Lucia Usmiani, Patrick Hall, Micheila Petersfield, Sam Field, Jenny Orchard, Mathew Simms and Bill Yaxley. This year our Summer Show will also act as a platform to introduce new artists to our stable, including Matt Calvert, Loraine Biggs, Ochre Lawson and Verna Nichols, as well as emerging artists Zoe Grey and Maggie Jeffries. This will be a great opportunity to appreciate the creative energy that makes up our artist stable, as we all as preview new works as a visual taste of the year to come.
To celebrate the upcoming holidays and to thank our artists for another fabulous year, please join us for Christmas drinks and launch our Annual Summer Show!
Gallery views…
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Despard's Annual Summer Show 18/19
Sam Field - flowers and Darwin Second Hand Cars
Maggie Jeffries, Verna Nichols, Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer…
#22 GEOFF DYER Blue Series 11 2018 oil on linen 30 x 41 cm SOLD
GEOFF DYER Entry To The Waterline - Blue Abstract Sky 2018 oil on linen 122 x 152 cm signed LR SOLD
GEOFF DYER
Blue Series #10 2018
oil on linen 30 x 41 cm signed LR SOLD
GEOFF DYER
Ocean Beach Study III 2019
oil on linen 30 x 41 cm signed LR SOLD
GEOFF DYER
Blue Series #8 2018
oil on linen 30 x 41 cm signed LR SOLD (framed)
Geoff Dyer 2018
An imagined Tasmanian Landscape with
hunting canoe
oil on linen 183 x 275 cm
$75,000.00
Zoe Grey…
ZOE GREY Marrawah 2018 oil on canvas 197 x 236 cm SOLD
ZOE GREY A Tree I know I 2018
oil on board 64 x 61 cm signed LR
SOLD
ZOE GREY A Tree I know II
2018 oil on board 60 x 61 cm
signed LR SOLD
Sam Field…
Sam Field 2018
Darwin city used cars and commercials
100 x 120 oil on canvas
Framed $3,950.00
SAM FIELD I dreamed I was the night 2018 oil on panel 80 x 60 cm signed SOLD
SAM FIELD Nasturtiums in a green pot 2018 oil on panel 80 x 60 cm signed SOLD
Sam Field 2018
Billy Thorpe & the aztecs 23 original hits
oil on panel 122 x 122 cm
$4,250.00
Bill Yaxley…
Bill Yaxley 2017
Side Garden (tempus vernan)
oil on canvas 87 x 87 cm
SOLD
Bill Yaxley 2009
Box Fish
oil on canvas
91 x 61 cm
$3,950.00
Bill Yaxley 2017
Milking Time (Bream Creek)
oil on canvas
77 x 92 cm
SOLD
Bill Yaxley 2016
Back Garden - Tempus Vernan
oil on canvas
86 x 86 cm
$4,750.00
Patrick Hall…
PATRICK HALL The Almost 2018 recycled spirit bottles, electrical wiring, plywood, glass, LEDs 900 h x 400 w 120 d mm SOLD
PATRICK HALL
The Almost (detail)
2018
recycled spirit bottles, electrical wiring, plywood, glass, LEDs
900 h x 400 w 120 d mm SOLD
PATRICK HALL
The Almost (detail)
2018
recycled spirit bottles, electrical wiring, plywood, glass, LEDs
900 h x 400 w 120 d mm SOLD
PATRICK HALL
Despard Gallery Foyer pop up exhibition
The Cloud (detail of install) 2018
Collected spirit bottles, sequenced LED lighting and plywood
120 w x 240 l x 80 h cm (variable)
ed. 3/3
$43,500.00
PATRICK HALL
Despard Gallery Foyer pop up exhibition
The Cloud (detail) 2018
Collected spirit bottles, sequenced LED lighting and plywood
120 w x 240 l x 80 h cm (variable)
ed. 3/3
$43,500.00
PATRICK HALL
Press Upon Me (detail - unlit) 2018
Graphite on drafting film, paper, acrylic and motorised LED lighting
140 h x 80 w x 13 d cm signed verso
$35,500.00
PATRICK HALL
Press Upon Me 2018
Graphite on drafting film, paper, acrylic and motorised LED lighting
140 h x 80 w x 13 d cm signed verso
$35,000.00
Ochre Lawson…
OCHRE LAWSON Wattamola Wattle,Oil on canvas, 102 x 102 cm $3,375.00
OCHRE LAWSON Shirogane Beach, Oil on board, 42 x 37 cm $1,150.00
OCHRE LAWSON Looking Towards Kinkasan Island, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm $1,150.00
OCHRE LAWSON I Love the Colours in the Rain, Oil on board, 40 x 40 cm $1,150.00
OCHRE LAWSON Artichoke Valley, Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm $1,150.00
Matt Grace….
MATT GRACE Dom Watson 2018 watercolour on paper 91 x 69 cm (framed) 70 x 50 cm (site only) $1,450.00
MATT GRACE Homeward Bound Journey to the beginning 2018 watercolour on paper 91 x 69 cm (framed) 70 x 50cm (site only) $1,450.00
MATT GRACE Sun Lover 2018 watercolour on paper 91 x 69 cm (framed) 70 x 50 cm (site only) $1,450.00
MATT GRACE Warrior Open hand 2018 watercolour on paper 91 x 69 cm (framed) 70 x 50 cm (site only) $1,450.00
Jenny Orchard….
JENNY ORCHARD
Aided Eye Phytoplankton
2018
earthenware with glaze and on-glaze enamels
44 x 30 x 30 cm
signed under base
$2,750.00
JENNY ORCHARD
Chthonic Multi Creature with Black Boots
2018
earthenware with glaze and on-glaze enamels
70 x 33 x 24 cm
signed under base
$4,750.00
Jenny Orchard 2018
Seamare with lost wing
Earthenware and glazes
32 x 33 x 17 cm
$2,950.00
JENNY ORCHARD 2018 Pregnant ExRat earthenware with glazes
43 x 34 x 14 cm
$3,500.00
JENNY ORCHARD
Seabird
2018
earthenware with glaze and on-glaze enamels
78 x 30 x 35 cm
signed under base
$4,500.00
Anthea Boden….
ANTHEA BODEN 2018
Stitched lips Manus
oil on canvas 46 x 46 cm SOLD
#12 ANTHEA BODEN 2018
Death of an Artist
oil on canvas 80 x 60cm $4,950.00
ANTHEA BODEN 2018
Three Yellow Boats (Pipe Clay Lagoon)
oil on canvas 56 x 71 cm signed LR
$3,750.00
Maggie Jeffries…
MAGGIE JEFFRIES
Passionfruit 2018
oil on board 100cm Ø
SOLD
MAGGIE JEFFRIES Saltbush
2018 oil on board 100cm Ø
SOLD
MAGGIE JEFFRIES The Royal Botanical Gardens 2018 oil on canvas
signed LR 122 x 137 cm
SOLD
Lorraine Biggs…
LORRAINE BIGGS Cumulus 5, 2018, Oil on wood, 26 cm Ø $1,050.00
LORRAINE BIGGS Cumulus 7, 2018, Oil on wood, 25 cm Ø $1,050.00
LORRAINE BIGGS Cumulus 1, 2018, Oil on wood, Ø 43 cm SOLD
Mathew Simms and Marcus Tatton….
MATHEW SIMMS Hand carved wooden dolls, fabric and paint 51 cm high (left) SOLD and 43 cm high (right) $375.00
MATHEW SIMMS
Rumish Woman
2017
Acrylic on panel
28.5 x 23.5 cm
Signed verso
SOLD
MATHEW SIMMS Confidence 1
2017
Acrylic on board
23 x 19 cm
Signed verso
SOLD
Marcus Tatton
Composition 2017
view 2
wood and steel 14 x 33 cm $3,000.00
Penny Burnett…
PENNY BURNETT Fame is the scentless sunflower 2018 oil on masonite 120 x 56 cm signed verso $2,500
PENNY BURNETT RAE oil on masonite 2018 100 x 90 cm signed verso $3,200.00
Matt Calvert…
MATT CALVERT Flume 2018
Plat glass, cast steel and wood 140 cm high x 52 cm dia $12,500.00
MATT CALVERT A shared vision (left), 2007, Cold fused toughened laminated glass, 45 x 38 x 10 cm $4,900.00
MATT CALVERT Betty, 2007, Cold fused toughened laminated glass, 85 x 40 x 10 cm $5,900.00
MATT CALVERT Boy Clutching Rabbit, 2007, Cold fused toughened laminated glass, 79 x 46 x 10 cm $5,900.00
MATT CALVERT Too Strange (middle), 2007, Cold fused toughened laminated glass, 57 x 47 x 10 cm
MATT CALVERT Too Strange (middle), 2007, Cold fused toughened laminated glass, 57 x 47 x 10 cm $4,900.00
Verna Nicols….
The gallery was not found!Graham Lang, Micheila Petersfield and Todd Jenkins…
GRAHAM LANG Red Man 2018 oil on board 91.5 X 60.5cm SOLD
GRAHAM LANG Holy Man 2018 oil & collage on board 55 X 47 cm $3,500.00
Jo Chew and Mary Scott….
JO CHEW A Sum of Parts (Port Arthur Peninsula) 2018 acrylic and oil on canvas 107 x 152 cm $4,750.00
MARY SCOTT The Whimsy Series - Whimsy III (detail), 2018, glass and paint,Tasmanian oak, approx. 100 cm high, base included
MARY SCOTT Whimsy IIII 2018 recycled find objects, mixed media and paint approx. 100 cm high signed at base $2,500.00