Garry Anderson is an Australian artist, portrait painter and sculptor.
Making art is Garry’s full-time career and he is well represented in many public and private collections both locally and internationally. He has exhibited in international art fairs including Spain, Cologne, Macao and Beijing, as well as in the Navarra Museum, Pamplona. On the five occasions early in his career he entered the Alice Bail Prize his work has been hung and shortlisted. His painting of the “potato eater” is the most controversial in the art collection at Murdoch University in Perth. It is featured on the cover of Mobilising the Audience – the first comprehensive integration of industry and academic audience research in Australia. The painting is a metaphor for the focus of this book.
Using brush, pigment and the naked eye Garry works directly from nature scrutinising form and content pinning down the essential elements. Garry eschews all use of technology, using people and place as reference point and vehicle to discuss who we are in relation to an unpredictable environment. He does not use photographic images as a substitute for reality as he believes that the strength and resonance of good art is largely attributed to working directly from life.
Garry is noted for his portraiture and has painted notable Australians. His recent work includes portraits of Jack Thompson, Moira Rayner, Judy Small and Steve Bracks. The latter was the official portrait of the former Victorian Premier to be hung in Parliament House. As well as being a notable portrait painter Garry has received much critical acclaim for his sculptures, streetscapes, landscapes, still-life and his special genre ‘yard scenes’ – that have been described as poignant renderings of Australian.
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