Phil Stallard | What the Ferry Said
Phil Stallard | What the Ferry Said
These new paintings are conversations with places, it’s a dialogue where I’ve used abstraction, realism, impressionism and emotional colour triggers for the painting to work.
One of my studios is located on the Hawkesbury at Wisemans Ferry , I travel through the landscape, I do paintings using memories to evoke the emotion of a place, it’s as if the ferry is telling me what to paint.
In this exhibition more than ever I’m exploring a multitude of visual devices to construct a meditative visual experience. It’s all underpinned by a heartfelt yearning to be connected to the landscape and to get past what I’m seeing to a kind of abstract transcendence.
The paintings are very water like, I play jazz / ambient music when I paint. I compose music in between painting, with my partner Lynne we travel up through Northern NSW, I paint the natural beauty in and around Sydney, I have also been artist in residence at the Rochfort studio in Double Bay - all these experiences have gone into the mix for my solo show.
WHAT THE FERRY SAID
Phil Stallard's solo exhibition
17 Apr - 18 May 2024
Ground Floor, 317 Pacific Hwy, North Sydney NSW 2060
VIP PREVIEW
Wednesday 17th Apr 2024
10 am - 6 pm
OPENING
Friday 19th Apr 2024
1 - 3 pm
MEET THE ARTIST
Saturday 27th Apr 2024
1 - 3 pm
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Phil Stallard
Day of the Ghost Crab
Oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm
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Phil Stallard
Delicious River
Oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm
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Phil Stallard
Double Bay Dream
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
Gunderman riverbends
Oil on canvas
110 x 110 cm
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Phil Stallard
Hat Head Reflection
Oil on canvas
130 x 130 cm
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Phil Stallard
Hawkesbury Curve
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
Hawkesbury Escarpment Haiku
Oil on canvas
140 x 140 cm
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Phil Stallard
Hawkesbury Haiku (perfect day)
Oil on canvas
94 x 94 cm
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Phil Stallard
Hawkesbury Like a Mirage
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
Mangrove Creek Reflection
Oil on canvas
125 x 125 cm
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Phil Stallard
Maroota Night Talk
Oil on canvas
110 x 110 cm
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Phil Stallard
Road to Wollembi
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
Song of The Last Pippi
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
The Turqoise River
Oil on canvas
94 x 94 cm
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Phil Stallard
What the River Said to the Ferry
Oil on canvas
110 x 110 cm
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Phil Stallard
Turqoise Harbour No. 1
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
Turqoise Harbour No. 2
Oil on canvas
155 x 155 cm
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Phil Stallard
Macdonald River Light
Oil on canvas
125 x 104 cm
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Phil Stallard
Myall Dunes
Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm
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Phil Stallard
The Way the Riverbend Moves
Oil on canvas
75 x 95 cm
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Phil Stallard
Inside a waterfall
Oil on canvas
104 x 185 cm
Phil Stallard
Morning Light - Voices
Oil on canvas
105 x 156 cm
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