Garry Shead is one of Australia’s most celebrated artists. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries and many other public collections in Australia and overseas. He has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1986 Mahlab Art Prize (New South Wales Law Society), the 1993 Archibald Prize and the 2004 Dobell Prize for Drawing. 

Shead’s Stockman series is a homage to the artist’s father who worked as a stockman in Queensland.