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Garry Shead
Darkening Ecliptic (Colour)
Etching
60cm x 50cm
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Garry Shead began his career at the National Art School. He then became a scenic artist with ABC TV before staging his first solo exhibition with Watters Gallery in 1966. In 1967, he won the Young Contemporaries Prize, then travelled to Japan before embarking on an expedition to the Sepik Highlands in Papua New Guinea.
After living in Budapest for a year and travelling widely in Europe, Shead and his wife returned to Australia and in 1987 settled in the small coastal community of Bundeena, south of Sydney. Shead’s biographer, Dr Sasha Griffin notes that Shead’s paintings "highlight a distinctive love of the Australian landscape". This is evident in his Stockman’s series of the late 1980’s, his "gently satirical" Monarchy suite of paintings, and most significantly in his famous D.H. Lawrence series.
Garry Shead is one of Australia’s most popular and distinctive artists and printmakers, particularly renowned for his lyrical figurative works. His paintings are represented in the National Gallery of Australia, in leading state and regional galleries and in international collections. In 1993 he won Australia's most predigious portrait prize, The Archibald.
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