THE PROMISED LAND - The art of Lawrence Daws
24 JUNE- 7 AUGUST

Lawrence Daws’ works are celebrated in this important touring exhibition, confirming his place as an iconic artist. Lawrence Daws (b1927 Adelaide) has enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter and over the years has developed a passion for symbolism and his work is full of his own personal lexicon of images. A Caloundra Regional Gallery travelling exhibition, curated by Bettina MacAulay.




Supported by Queensland Government, Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program supporting touring exhibitions by providing funding assistance for the development and touring of Australian cultural material across Australia

(Image: LAWRENCE DAWS, Night Sea Journey (detail) 1994 oil on canvas 137 x 158cm, Collection: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Gift of Margaret Olley 1995)

UP CLOSE & PERSONAL: works from the Elliott Collection
12 AUGUST- 18 SEPTEMBER

The S.H. Ervin Gallery has a history of presenting exhibitions from private collectors to reveal the taste and vision of individuals, and this exhibition continues this tradition. Dr Peter Elliott AO has been acquiring art for decades and has work by many important Australian artists including Gruner, Dobell, Drysdale, Boyd, Williams, Smart, Friend, Whiteley, John Olsen, William Robinson, Rover Thomas, Emily Kngwarreye, Gloria Petyarre, George Tjungurrayi , Henry Mulholland, Savanadry Vongpoothorn, Peter Sharp, Kylie Stillman, John R. Walker & James Rogers.

(Image: ELLIOTT COLLECTION, (WILLIAM ROBINSON), Just before dark (detail) 1996 oil on canvas 74.5 x 100.5cms ©William Robinson)

PORTIA GEACH Memorial Award
23 SEPTEMBER- 6 NOVEMBER

The annual award exhibition for portraiture by contemporary Australian women artists. The award, which was first given in 1965 in memory of the artist Portia Geach, displays selected entries from artists across the nation representing diversity in contemporary portraiture. The Award is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity of Australian female portrait painters and has played a major role in developing the profile of the nation’s women artists.

(Image: PORTIA GEACH, (PRUDENCE FLINT), Scrambled egg 2010 , 2010 winner, Portia Geach Memorial Award © Prudence Flint)

Tim Storrier is one of Australia’s leading artists and this is the first major survey of his work. The exhibition comprises paintings, graphics and photography from public galleries & private collections. Tim Storrier has created an astonishing range of imagery steeped in his earliest memories of life on the land. The four elements - earth, air, fire and water – provide the framework for the artist’s singular vision of the Australian experience.

An S.H. Ervin Gallery exhibition, curated by Gavin Wilson

(Image: TIM STORRIER, Bunce balancing mango and banana 2007, acrylic on canvas 91.5 x 53.5cm, collection the artist © Tim Storrier)