Geoffrey Proud


Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)


2008 Exhibition: Fractured Fairytales – Paintings

Often quirky and verging on the surreal, Geoffrey Proud's paintings in oil and pastel are like fractured fairytales. Depicting a world of innocence with a sometimes ominous edge, Proud's paintings are fantastic and bizarre. His choice of subjects is broad, including children and childhood narratives, flowers, still lifes and nudes. Alternating between expressionist impastoed brushwork and sensitive detail, he experiments freely with vibrant colour and varying textures. The highly glazed surfaces of his recent oils give his scenes an ethereal and otherworldly quality. Proud has won numerous awards including the Sulman Prize in 1976 for a painting on perspex, and the Archibald prize in 1990 for his portrait of writer Dorothy Hewett. He has exhibited consistently in all state capitals since 1966 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; many State and regional gallery collections; Parliament House collections in Canberra and Sydney; Artbank; IBM collection; and the Elton John collection, London.

Page 1 2008 Exhibition: Fractured Fairytales – Paintings
Page 1 2008 Exhibition: Fractured Fairytales – Pastels
Page 1 Press release
Page 2 Abstract Paintings
Page 3 Paintings
Page 4 Works on paper part 1
Page 5 Works on paper part 2
Page 6 Works on paper part 3
Page 7 Works on paper part 4
Page 8 Biography

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Geoffrey Proud

Geoffrey Proud
The Yellow Spotted Vase 1988
Oil on canvas
151 x 190 cm
no.11546

Geoffrey Proud

Geoffrey Proud
The Roof of the World
Oil on canvas
117.5 x 142.5cm
no.9326

Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Young Girl I 1995
oil on board
60 x 45 cm
no.0441
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Yellow flowers in a Jug - Still Life
oil on canvas
29.5 x 44.5 cm
no.9745

Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Delphiniums and Roses
Oil on canvas
101.5 x 92.5cm
no.5853
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Standback Lewis, it's the Hill of Dreams 2008
oil on canvas
59 x 75cm
no.9854
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Roderick the Dreamer
oil on canvas
29.5 x 44.5 cm
no.9744
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
At Dawn’s First Light, Meg and the Girls Bade Them Farewell 2007
oil on canvas
57.5 x 88cm
no.9848
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Fauve 2008
oil on canvas
101.5 x 91.5cm
no.10175
SOLD
Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Moonlight Makes Madness 2007
oil on canvas
43 x 44cm
no.9849
SOLD

Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
The Holly Hock Garden
oil on canvas
101 x 91cm
no.10174
SOLD

Geoffrey Proud
Geoffrey Proud
Foreshore, Late Afternoon
oil on canvas
152.5 x 182.5cm
no.10150
SOLD