Fallow 2024 - 2026
Fallow is comprised of photographic 21 diptychs on marine and pine plywood, 29 x 84 cm, and 29 x 120 cm, each is a unique work, $AUD2,300 per diptych.
Breathing Rain (stills) 2023
Breathing Rain, 2023, archival digital photograph on 100% rag paper 100 x 68 cm. Limited edition of one print per image, $AUD1,200 each.
Dark Air (stills) 2021
Dark Air, 2021, 100 x 67 cm, photo rag prints. Limited edition of one print per image. $AUD1,200 each.
Mountain 2019
Mountain is influenced by living in Japan and the Blue Mountains; by the paintings of Caspar David Friedrich and Gerhard Richter, and early Chinese poets such as Po Chui.
Mountain, each archival pigment print is 100 x 67 cm, printed onto stretched canvas coated with a UV safe matte finish.
Edition of one print per image. $AUD2,400 each.
Edition of one print per image. $AUD2,400 each.
Double Vision 2018
Double Vision , 40 x 60 cm photo rag paper. Edition of one print per image.
“A ‘landscape’ cultivated or wild, is already artifice before it has become the subject of a work of art…Whether or not we are artists, we have been making this kind of mental conversion for centuries.”[1]
The Blue Mountains west of Sydney have been photographed and painted by millions of people for over 200 years. The background images for Double Vision come from here. Each is overlaid with a photographic layer made from small landscape oils I painted. The process was intuitive, but again has its origin in my interest in doubling and blending, in this case the blending of painting and photography.
We value landscape as a view, photograph or painting, while at the same time destroying the actual landscape through pollution, overdevelopment, arson and anthropogenic climate change.
[1] M. Andrews, Landscape and Western Art, 1999, Oxford University Press, p1.
The Blue Mountains west of Sydney have been photographed and painted by millions of people for over 200 years. The background images for Double Vision come from here. Each is overlaid with a photographic layer made from small landscape oils I painted. The process was intuitive, but again has its origin in my interest in doubling and blending, in this case the blending of painting and photography.
We value landscape as a view, photograph or painting, while at the same time destroying the actual landscape through pollution, overdevelopment, arson and anthropogenic climate change.
[1] M. Andrews, Landscape and Western Art, 1999, Oxford University Press, p1.
Spare Time 2013
[Spare Time]...recall[s] a lost time, the myth of Menzies’ post-war white Australia. There is also a strong sense of family....the original slides were taken by Mifsud’s late father-in-law,
Doug Shearston who became a keen amateur photographer when he returned from World War Two. This family connection also creates a bridge through generations to the multicultural present as we can’t help reading the images of an imaged perfect past through a contemporary lens.
Adding it all up, by Mark Roberts, ‘Eight + One’ at The Shop Gallery, Rochford Street Review, 5 March 2015
Spare Time is dedicated to the memory of my late father in law, George Douglas Shearston (1914-2007)
Each image is printed on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, faced-mounted to clear acrylic and framed in an hand-painted, off-white retro style wooden frame, and signed on the back.
Title Edition h x w cm
1 Beach Pair 1 of 1 21.5 x 42
2 Beach Family 1 1 of 1 27.7 x 42
3 Sun Bathers on Fuji 1 of 1 21.5 x 42
4 Beach Family 2 1 of 1 31 x 42
5 Sand Hill Kids 1 of 1 28.5 x 42
6 Two Men 2 of 2 42.8 x 80
7 By the Seaside 1 of 1 54 x 80
8 Water Skier 1 of 1 53 x 80
9 Boys and Boat 1 of 1 32 x 42
10 Afternoon Fishing 1 of 1 28 x 42
11 Evening Boats numbered 1 of 1 55 x 80
12 Dune Grass 1 of 1 53 x 80
13 Holiday House 1 1 of 1 22 x 42
14 Seaside Camp 3 of 3 36 x 80
15 Lake 1 of 1 25.5 x 42
16 Lakeside Picnic 1 of 1 26.7 x 42
17 Bridge 2 of 2 51 x 80
18 Picnic Child 1 of 1 33 x 42
19 Two women 1 1 of 1 51.5 x 80
20 Two women 2 1 of 1 51.5 x 80
21 Memorial 1 of 1 42 x 42
22 Observatory 1 of 1 50.5 x 80
23 Cemetery 1 of 1 49 x 80
24 Three Women 1 of 1 30 x 42
25 Snow Holiday 1 of 1 26.7 x 42
26 Boats 1 of 1 33 x 42
27 Holiday House 2 1 of 1 28.7 x 42
28 Holiday House 3 1 of 1 42 x 47
29 House Garden 1 of 1 26 x 42
30 Wedding 1 of 1 26.7 x 42
31 Formal Couple 1 of 1 34.5 x 42
32 Waiting Women 1 of 1 23.6 x 42
33 Bowls 1 of 1 52 x 80
34 Backyard 1 of 1 27.7 x 42
Title Edition h x w cm
1 Beach Pair 1 of 1 21.5 x 42
2 Beach Family 1 1 of 1 27.7 x 42
3 Sun Bathers on Fuji 1 of 1 21.5 x 42
4 Beach Family 2 1 of 1 31 x 42
5 Sand Hill Kids 1 of 1 28.5 x 42
6 Two Men 2 of 2 42.8 x 80
7 By the Seaside 1 of 1 54 x 80
8 Water Skier 1 of 1 53 x 80
9 Boys and Boat 1 of 1 32 x 42
10 Afternoon Fishing 1 of 1 28 x 42
11 Evening Boats numbered 1 of 1 55 x 80
12 Dune Grass 1 of 1 53 x 80
13 Holiday House 1 1 of 1 22 x 42
14 Seaside Camp 3 of 3 36 x 80
15 Lake 1 of 1 25.5 x 42
16 Lakeside Picnic 1 of 1 26.7 x 42
17 Bridge 2 of 2 51 x 80
18 Picnic Child 1 of 1 33 x 42
19 Two women 1 1 of 1 51.5 x 80
20 Two women 2 1 of 1 51.5 x 80
21 Memorial 1 of 1 42 x 42
22 Observatory 1 of 1 50.5 x 80
23 Cemetery 1 of 1 49 x 80
24 Three Women 1 of 1 30 x 42
25 Snow Holiday 1 of 1 26.7 x 42
26 Boats 1 of 1 33 x 42
27 Holiday House 2 1 of 1 28.7 x 42
28 Holiday House 3 1 of 1 42 x 47
29 House Garden 1 of 1 26 x 42
30 Wedding 1 of 1 26.7 x 42
31 Formal Couple 1 of 1 34.5 x 42
32 Waiting Women 1 of 1 23.6 x 42
33 Bowls 1 of 1 52 x 80
34 Backyard 1 of 1 27.7 x 42
Site Unseen 2013
Site Unseen print series, each is 40 x 60 cm, on photo rag. Edition of one print per image.
Correspondence 2009
Correspondence print series. Each is a unique archival print on paper, 40 x 80 cm.
Lookout 2006
Each of the Lookout series is an archival print framed in a white wooden frame.
1. Lookout (Echo Point, Katoomba) 100 x 150 cm, artist proof, framed in a white wooden frame, acrylic window.
2. Lookout (Echo Point, Katoomba) 75.5 x 108 cm, framed in a white wooden frame, acrylic window.
3. Lookout (Echo Point, Katoomba) 75.5 x 108 cm, framed in a white wooden frame, acrylic window.
1. Lookout (Echo Point, Katoomba) 100 x 150 cm, artist proof, framed in a white wooden frame, acrylic window.
2. Lookout (Echo Point, Katoomba) 75.5 x 108 cm, framed in a white wooden frame, acrylic window.
3. Lookout (Echo Point, Katoomba) 75.5 x 108 cm, framed in a white wooden frame, acrylic window.
Place 2006
Each of the Place series is an unframed archival print on paper.
Title Size cm Edition
1. View from Train Window 85 x 60 cm 1 of 1
2. Here, Once 85 x 53 cm 1 of 2
3. Winter in the Blue Mountains 85 x 60 cm 1 of 1
4. Memory (old house) 53 x 85 cm 1 of 1
Title Size cm Edition
1. View from Train Window 85 x 60 cm 1 of 1
2. Here, Once 85 x 53 cm 1 of 2
3. Winter in the Blue Mountains 85 x 60 cm 1 of 1
4. Memory (old house) 53 x 85 cm 1 of 1
The Living Room 2001
Each of these works is a Type C photograph mounted on polycarbonate. Edition: Each is a unique print.
# Installation view at RMIT Gallery, Melbourne Frame/Mount Size Edition
2. Untitled (house on hill, Carcour NSW) Mounted on mylar 124 x 104 cm 1 of 1
3. Untitled (four trees on hill near Bredbo, NSW) Mounted on mylar 54 x 224 cm 1 of 1
4. Untitled (tree lines near Canberra) Mounted on mylar 41 x 224 cm 1 of 1
5. Untitled (serrated tussock grass near Oberon, NSW) Mounted on mylar 52 x 124 cm 1 of 1
6. Untitled (dam near Nowra, NSW) Mounted on mylar 59 x 124 cm 1 of 1
7. Untitled (Coal Mine, Gloucester, NSW) Mounted on mylar 66 x 224 cm 1 of 1
8. Untitled (nettle field near Cooma, NSW) Mounted on mylar 134 x 124 cm 1 of 1
9. Untitled (single tree, Braidwood, NSW) Mounted on mylar 79 x 224 cm 1 of 1
2. Untitled (house on hill, Carcour NSW) Mounted on mylar 124 x 104 cm 1 of 1
3. Untitled (four trees on hill near Bredbo, NSW) Mounted on mylar 54 x 224 cm 1 of 1
4. Untitled (tree lines near Canberra) Mounted on mylar 41 x 224 cm 1 of 1
5. Untitled (serrated tussock grass near Oberon, NSW) Mounted on mylar 52 x 124 cm 1 of 1
6. Untitled (dam near Nowra, NSW) Mounted on mylar 59 x 124 cm 1 of 1
7. Untitled (Coal Mine, Gloucester, NSW) Mounted on mylar 66 x 224 cm 1 of 1
8. Untitled (nettle field near Cooma, NSW) Mounted on mylar 134 x 124 cm 1 of 1
9. Untitled (single tree, Braidwood, NSW) Mounted on mylar 79 x 224 cm 1 of 1
After Life 1996
Each work from the After Life series, Cibachrome photographs, edition of one per photograph, framed in a colour power coated aluminium frames with an acrylic windows.
Title Size Edition $AUD
Chair and Pipe 1 94 x 124 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Chair and Pipe 2 64 x 84 cm 1 of 1 1,200
Chair and Pipe 3 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 SOLD
Coronation of the Virgin and Adoring Saints (after Jacopo di Cione) 94 x 124 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Coronation of the Virgin and Adoring Saints (after Jacopo di Cione) 64 x 84 cm 1 of 1 1,200
Coronation of the Virgin and Adoring Saints (after Jacopo di Cione) 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 SOLD
Autumn Rhythm 1 (after Jackson Pollock) 94 x 124 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Autumn Rhythm 2 (after Jackson Pollock) 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 900
Flag 1 (after Jasper Johns) 94 x 124 1 of 1 2,200
Flag 2 (after Jasper Johns) 64 x 84 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Flag 2 (after Jasper Johns) 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 SOLD
Chair and Pipe 1 94 x 124 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Chair and Pipe 2 64 x 84 cm 1 of 1 1,200
Chair and Pipe 3 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 SOLD
Coronation of the Virgin and Adoring Saints (after Jacopo di Cione) 94 x 124 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Coronation of the Virgin and Adoring Saints (after Jacopo di Cione) 64 x 84 cm 1 of 1 1,200
Coronation of the Virgin and Adoring Saints (after Jacopo di Cione) 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 SOLD
Autumn Rhythm 1 (after Jackson Pollock) 94 x 124 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Autumn Rhythm 2 (after Jackson Pollock) 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 900
Flag 1 (after Jasper Johns) 94 x 124 1 of 1 2,200
Flag 2 (after Jasper Johns) 64 x 84 cm 1 of 1 2,200
Flag 2 (after Jasper Johns) 44 x 64 cm 1 of 1 SOLD