Exhibition 8^th September to 3^rd October 2004

Copyright  © 2004 Pollock Gallery

Jean Baggaley, John Waterhouse and Neville Pilven

JEAN BAGGALEY

Jean was born in Staffordshire, England and educated at Newcastle School of Art,Stafford College of Art,Southend School of Art and South Illinois University School of Art. Jean migrated to South Australia and her first exhibition was at Llewellyn Galleries in 1971 and has continued exhibited regularly in both solo and group exhibitions and has been exhibiting at our gallery since 2000.

Jean works primarily with oils on canvas, adding strips and pieces of canvas for a collage effect which gives her paintings an added dimension.Images (mostly places remembered from the many travels through France ,Italy,Spain and of course Australia) are placed in a unique and striking abstract format and appear as fragments of the

landscape – a tree here, a monument there, perhaps a figure in a triangle, a valley in rectangle, a beach, some rocks.

The work is absolutely fascinating and handled with a level of skill and confidence which only comes from a truly fine artist.

NEVILLE PILVEN

Born in 1939, Neville studied at the National gallery Art School and the George Bell School (drawing). During the 60’s and early 70’s,Neville travelled to England, Spain and, later, Hydra in Greece, where he lived, painted and continued his art studies. He then moved to London to study Printmaking at the Morley College in 72 and returned to finally settle in Melbourne in 1973.

Throughout his career as an artist, Neville has held over 14 major solo exhibitions with several leading Melbourne and international galleries. His works are in represented in many collections :- Artbank, Joseph Brown, Ansett , Westpac, Latrobe University , Telstra Australia, National Bank , Ridley , Potter Warburg, Myer Melbourne, National Panasonic and many private collections in the UK, USA, Australia and Japan.

Like all contemporary modernists, Neville has engaged in the challenge to establish a succinct Australian iconography and has been concerned with producing unconventional modernist landscapes for about four decades.

Neville Pilven’s paintings depend on the conceptualisation of his emotional connection to the land.The bleak and impersonal nature of his landscapes negate human presence yet reminds us of distant human intervention.

His large paintings emphasise the dynamism of changing topography and the harshness of the forces which sculpted its forms.Neville has established himself as an authority of anti-romantic landscape painting, denying the validity of folk myths and avoiding nostalgic reference. His selectivity and use of brooding colour sets him apart from his contemporaries and lends his work the stamp of authenticity.

JOHN WATERHOUSE

John was born in New Zealand in 1933 and arrived to Australia in1949. He is a seIf-taught semi-abstract painter. While on the staff of Monash University (1962-1969), among other responsibilities, he was Curator of the University Art collection. From then until 1990 he was Curator of Art works at La Trobe University and responsible for the University Gallery and the University Collection. Since 1990 he has been a full time painter. He has taken study tours of Greece, the United Kingdom, China and Italy. John has had 17 solo exhibitions since 1971 and participated in many group shows. His paintings are represented in many collections :- ANZ Bank, Artbank, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australian NationalUniversity, BP Australia, Carnberwell High School, Canberra University, Council of Adult Education Victoria,Deakin University, Flinders University, Glenormiston Agricultural College, Graduate HouseUniversity of Melbourne, Kodaly Institute Hungary, La Trobe University, McClelland Art Gallery,Monash University, Momingcon Peninsula Art Centre, Mount Scopus College, St Patrick's College Goulburn, Melbourne Savage Club, St Catherine's College Oxford, St Kevin's College, Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, Taylor's College, Telstra, Tintern Anglican Grammar School,University of Melbourne, University of New England, University of New South Wales, University of Papua New Guinea, University of the South Pacific, University of Western Australia, Westpac Banking Corporation.

A selection of the catalogue follows:

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Jean Baggaley Structured Plain Oil & collage on canvas 91 x 102 cm
Jean Baggaley Landward Prospect Oil & collage on canvas 106 x 202 cm
Jean Baggaley Spatial Aspect Oil & collage on canvas 101.5 x 137.5 cm diptych
Jean Baggaley Inveterate Abundance Oil on stitched canvas 86.5 x 76 cm
Jean Baggaley After the Storm Transition Oil on stitched canvas 86.5 x 76 cm
Jean Baggaley Homogenous Shoreline Oil on canvas 46 x 101 cm
Jean Baggaley Expansive Aspect Oil & collage on canva 40 x 96.5 cm
Jean baggaley Urban Disparity Oil on canvas 76 x 108 cm triptych
Jean Baggaley Urban Waterside Oil on canvas 61 x 122.5 cm diptych
Jean Baggaley Accessible Divergence Oil & collage on canvas 91 x 193 cm
Neville Pilven Goldfire I Mixed media on paper 38.5 x 48 cm
Neville Pilven Crop Fire I Mixed media on paper 40 x 59 cm
Neville Pilven Crop Fire II Mixed media on paper 51 x 64 cm
Neville Pilven Crop Fire III Mixed media on paper 38.5 x 48 cm
Neville Pilven Fire & Dam Mixed media on paper 49 x 58.5 cm
Neville Pilven Evening Viaduct I Mixed media on paper 66 x 45.5 cm
Neville Pilven Gold Dam Mixed media on paper 52 x 67 cm
Neville Pilven Burning Tank Mixed media on paper 41 x 61 cm
Neville Pilven Green Fence Mixed media on paper 53 x 60 cm
Neville Pilven Viaduct & Burnt Landscape Mixed media on paper 56 x 75 cm
Neville Pilven Evening Viaduct II Mixed media on paper 50 x 70 cm
Neville Pilven Paddock Image Mixed media on paper 51.5 x 70 cm
Neville Pilven Hill Fire Oil on board 30 x 41 cm
Neville Pilven Field,Fire & Smoke Mixed media on paper 60 x 48 cm
John Waterhouse Bush Fragment I Acrylic on paper 36 x 52 cm
John Waterhouse Bush Fragment II Acrylic on paper 49 x 35 cm
John Waterhouse Bush Fragment III Acrylic on paper 35 x 50 cm
John Waterhouse Reverie Mixed media on paper 35 x 49 cm
John Waterhouse The Deep Acrylic on canvas on board 75 x 75 cm
John Waterhouse Pending Acrylic on paper 44 x 57 cm
John Waterhouse Jubilate Acrylic on paper 44 x 57 cm
John Waterhouse Contemplation I Acrylic on paper 45 x 58 cm
John Waterhouse Contemplation II Acrylic on paper 45 x 58 cm
John Waterhouse River Murray II Acrylic on canvas on board 51 x 51 cm