Graeme ALTMANN

Painting & Sculpture

13 April - 3 May 2010

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  After the Storm 2010, oil on linen, 137 x 198 cm

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  Pathway 2010, oil on canvas, 122 x 152 cm

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  Island 2010, oil on canvas, 153 x 183 cm

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  Insensibility 2010, oil on canvas, 122 x 152 cm

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  Hidden in Mist 2010, oil on linen, 137 x 198 cm

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  The Pole Fisherman 2010, oil on linen, 137 x 198 cm

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  The Walk Back Home 2010, bronze, edition of 5, 40 x 35 x 50 cm

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  Man with Tree 2009, bronze, edition of 5, 60 x 72 x 35 cm

About the Exhibition

Graeme Altmann's paintings and sculptures are dark and mysterious, bordering on the surreal with a distinctive 'other worldliness' quality that is translated into large open spaces. The isolated figures of his dreamlike and painterly landscapes often seem to be caught up in a struggle against the elements. This new body of work focuses on the rugged and windswept beauty of the ocean seascapes of Warrnambool, Victoria.

During the twenty years of his painting and sculpture career, Graeme Altmann has held over 13 solo exhibitions. Winner of the 2005 Maritime Art Prize, Altmann has had a string of successes in Australia since his first exhibition in Melbourne in 1988. In 2000 he was recipient of the Mornington Peninsula Art Prize and the Tattersalls Club Landscape Art Prize. Graeme Altmann's work is represented in several high profile public, corporate and private collections including, Pan Continental Mining Collection; Sir William Dobell Art Foundation; Crown Casino, Melbourne; Embassy of Switzerland; Art Bank; NSW University of Technology; Bundanon Trust and the Warrnambool Art Gallery.