Valley Collection

Valley Collection target list 2013• Drawing

*Locust JonesVernon Ah Kee

• Painting*Philip Wolfhagen*Nicholas HardingDadang ChristantoImants TillersBrent HarrisSam LeachWakartu Cory Surprise*David KeelingRichard WastellThornton WalkerPrudence Flint

• Photography*Jane Burton*Ricky MaynardAnne ZahalkaPat Brassington -photography (international reputation- highly recommended)

• Digital mediaJoan Ross

• SculptureJulie Gough

• CeramicsPenny Byrne

• Other recommendationsBen Quilty - paintingRosemary Laing - photographyNeil Haddon – paintingMatt Calvert - sculpture

• Artists to watchTom O'Hern - painting and drawingSarah Amos -printsBronek Kozka - photographyNeridah Stockley - paintingRammey Ramsey -paintingKim Buck - drawingArlene Textaqueen - drawingJonathan Kimberley - paintingClare Helay & Sean Cordeiro – digital mediaAmber Koroluk-Stephenson - painting

Esk Collection target list 2005

Shortlist for 2005Shaun GladwellCherine FahdRick AmorBen QuiltyRichard WastellMakinti NapanangkaElizabeth NyumiBoxer MilnerPaintingBrent HarrisMichael ZavrosNoel McKennaSavanhdary VongpoothornChris BondJames MorrisonPhotographersDarren SylvesterBrook AndrewRicky MaynardPolixeni PapaetrouSimryn GillSculptureGwyn Hanson PiggottMike ParrLouise WeaverHossein ValamaneshLionel BawdenEmily FloydTim Silver

Australian Art Collector collectable artists (selection) 1999-2011

Vernon Ah Kee (2)Rick Amor (5)Brook Andrew (5)Hany Armanious (4)Del Kathryn Barton (6)Pat Brassington (4)Jon Cattapan (3)Sean Cordeiro & Clare Healy (2)Daniel Crooks (4)Elizabeth Cummings (3)Dale Frank (6)Shaun Gladwell (5)Fiona Hall (8)Brent Harris (2)Louise Hearman (7)Bill Henson (8)

Rosemary Laing (6)Sam Leach (5)Noel McKenna (4)David Noonan (4)Mike Parr (5)Patricia Piccinini (8)Ben Quilty (4)Jackson Slattery (3)Ricky Swallow (8)Imants Tiller (3)Hossein Valamanesh (5)Judy Watson (3)Guan Wei (4)Philip Wolfhagen (4)Michael Zavros (4)

Vernon Ah KeeGeorge Andy, 2005charcoal on paper101 x 67cm

Rick AmorStudy for Burning Car 1999oil on canvas117 x 162cm

Rick AmorConcrete recycling plant, 2012oil on canvas65.5 x 81cm

Brook AndrewJumping Castle War Memorial 2010Sydney Biennale

Hany Armanious Untitled snake oil, 1998, dimensions variable hotmelt, glass

Del Kathryn BartonHugo, watercolour, gouache and acrylic on canvas, 200 x 180 cmWinner of the Archibald Prize 2013

Pat BrassingtonShadow Boxer 2013 pigment print, 72 x 50 cm (paper size), edition of 8, $6,600Current exhibition at Bett Gallery Hobart

Pat BrassingtonThe Permissions #2 2013 pigment print21 x 18 cm (paper size), edition of 8, $1,500

Pat BrassingtonAvid, 2005, pigment printEsk Collection

Jon CattapanImagine a Raft (Hard Rubbish no.1) 2011oil & acrylic on linen195 x 168cm

Sean Cordeiro & Claire HealyNot under my roof 2009, photograph, 107 x 101 cm (framed), floor of entire farmhouse from Millmerran Queensland, wood, linoleum Esk Collection

Daniel CrooksIntersection No 4 – DVD 2008Esk Collection

Elisabeth CummingsSunrise, the Kimberley, oil on canvas, 175 x 300 cmEntry in the Wynne Prize 2013

Dale Frank Said like a White Gloved Gibbon, 2012varnish on canvas200 × 260cm

Shaun Gladwell Production still from Approach to Mundi Mundi (detail) 2007 Inclusion in the Australia exhibition in London 2013

Fiona Hall Pan troglodytes / chimpanzeefabric, wire, aluminium, plastic, nails, Blackberry, glass beads 48 x 72 x 115 cm

Brent Harris No. 18, 2011, charcoal and gouache on board, 42.0 x 31.0 cm

Louise HearmanUntitled # 1285, 2009oil on masonite77 × 61cm

Bill HensonUntitled #5, 2011/2012, LS SH31 N36Carchival inkjet pigment print127 × 180cm, Edition of 5 + 2 A/Ps

Rosemary LaingGroundspeed (Rose Petal) #16 2001Type C photographic printEsk Collection

Sam Leach Monkeys in Water 2013oil and resin on wood50 x 40cm (2)

Noel McKenna The piano of my brother 2012oil on canvas board45.7 x 61 cm

David Noonan Untitled, 2012screen-printed jute and linen collage204 × 146cm

Mike ParrThe Trojan(ed) horse (self portrait as a stage), 1983-1984 charcoal paste on photographic backdrop paper, 274.0 x 732.0cm overall. AGNSW

Patricia Piccinini Installation view – The Long AwaitedTMAG

Ben QuiltyTroy Park, after Afghanistan, 2012Oil on linen, 190 x 140 cm Official war artist for Australian War Memorial – exhibition at National Art School Darlinghurst

Jackson SlatteryUntitled (Wrong Formalism, diptych 1), 2012, Watercolour on paperImage and paper size 39 x 29cm & 39 x 29cm

Ricky Swallow Plate 39, dyptych (bone) patinated bronze, 2011unique, each-31 x 16 x 1 inches

Imants TillersNamatjira acrylic and gouache on 64 canvas boards, 203 x 284 cmWinner of the Wynne Prize 2013

Hossein Valamanesh This Will Also Pass (2007), ailanthus branches on paper, 58 x 76 x 2cm

Judy Watsonred tides, 1997, pigment and pastel on canvas,186.0 x 120.0cm, AGNSWCommissioned to create sculpture for the Australia exhibition in London 2013

Guan WeiTwinkling Galaxies 11, 2012Acrylic on canvas130 x 162 cm $36,000

Philip WolfhagenFive days in April; an elegy for R.D.B, 2012Oil & beeswax on linen, 5 panels 151 x 327cm overall

Michael Zavros Body Lines 2011oil on canvas210 x 195cm $60,000

Suggested artists to consider - Tasmanian

Tom O’HernLucienne RickardAmanda DaviesRichard WastellRaymond ArnoldTroy RuffelsJulie GoughMichael SchlitzMish Meijers + Tricky WalshTim BurnsMeg WalchJoel Crosswell

Tom O’HernVicious Shit-Eating Godless VerminQVMAG

Tom O’HernSlack Babba, 2012 by Vom O’ChurnTaken from his web page

Tom O'HernPieter has been spending too much time in his room 2011enamel on board, 119 x 89 cm (board size)$1,250

Lucienne RickardUntitled (Bull diptych), 2012 graphite on drafting film and paper 220 x 294 cm Signed verso $7,950

Lucienne RickardThe night kept coming on in, 2013graphite on drafting film 147 x 99 cmSigned lower right, $5,500

Lucienne RickardAs if there were no other way anymore (detail) 2013graphite on drafting film 148 x 105 cmSigned lower right, $5,900 (framed)

Amanda DaviesNight Vision I 2011oil on linen, unframed50 x 40cm (stretcher size) about $2,800

Amanda DaviesUntitled 2011oil on linen, unframed51 x 51 cm (stretcher size) $2800

Amanda DaviesSearching for space in life 2010oil on linen, unframed40h x 40w cm (stretcher size)

Richard WastellMeditation 2010Oil & pumice on linen, unframedTriptych: 81.5h x 244.5w cm (overall, stretcher size)

Richard WastellHow it should be in heaven 2010Oil & pumice on linen, unframed152.5h x 122w cm (stretcher size)

Richard WastellShe-oak charcoals No 3 2012charcoal on paper, framed70h x 50w cm (overall sheet size) $2,850

Raymond ArnoldIron Blow - mine / my (unique state) 1991-2008Multi-panel etching on paper, framed175h x 120w cm (overall size)

Raymond ArnoldSearching for immortality in the mountains -Mont Ventoux / after Petrarch 7th state AP4 2000Etching on paper, unframed121h x 80w cm (sheet size)69.5h x 69.5w cm (plate) $2,900 – Esk Collection

Troy RuffelsCicada 2012archival solvent based inkjet print on composite aluminium sheet with backing frame120h x 240w cm (sheet size), Edition of 3, $7,50060h x 120w cm (sheet size), Edition of 6, $2,450

Troy RuffelsBracken 2012archival solvent based inkjet print on compositealuminium sheet with backing frame107h x 107w cm (sheet size), Edition of 12, $2,450

Troy RuffelsClover Hill 2012archival solvent based inkjet print on compositealuminium sheet with backing frame107h x 107w cm (sheet size), Edition of 12, $2,450

Julie Gough & Tony ThorneThe Missing (midlands silhouettes) 2011plywood & steelfour items, approx installation: 287h x 420w x 16.5d cm, $3,300

Michael SchlitzDesert girlwoodcut on Japanese paper

Meijers + WalshHenry Papin SeriesThe Collector 9 - Cutting and GraftingGlasshouse 2, 2013

Tricky WalshThe quartz crystal piezoelectric generator 2012balsa wood, bass wood, ply wood, cables & acrylic box51 x 70 x 40 cm (overall size) - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Tricky WalshEnergy centres 2012gouache on paper, framed76 x 28 cm (paper size)

Tim BurnsCloudy Bay III 2012oil on board, unframed4 panels: 51 x 163 cm (overall size)

Tim BurnsCloudy Bay VI 2012oil on board, unframed4 panel: 20 x 60 cm (overall size)

Megan WalchAlias 2: Remix 2012oil on canvas183 cm x 184 cm, $10,500People's Choice Winner City of Hobart Art Prize 2012

Megan WalchJurassic dolerite at Cataract Gorge 2011ink on cartridge and drafting film in custom made acrylic dome frame11 x 14 x 3.5 cm , $750

Joel CrosswellGodson, 2011pen on paper, 210 x 180 cmWinner of the Mona Prize, City of Hobart Art Prize 2011

Joel CrosswellWork in progress – one drawing from a major work consisting of 120 drawings on A3 paper with gold pen. 2013

Investment – Artists to consider

Philip HunterBen QuiltyFiona LowryKate Shaw

Philip HunterDusty Loop No 2, 2008, oil on canvas, 75 x 58.5cmPurchased 2008 $16,000 valued 2011 $18,000 Esk Collection

Ben QuiltyMargaret Olley, 2011, oil on linen, 170 x 150cmWinner: Archibald Prize 2011, now Trustee of the AGNSW

Fiona Lowrythe past and present wilt, 2010acrylic on canvas, 167.5 x 122.0 cm, $15,000Winner of the Doug Moran Portrait Prize 2008, finalist in Wynne and Sulman 2013

Fiona LowryI have forgotten who I am, 2013acrylic on canvas183 x 123 cm

Kate ShawMilkwater 2012, acrylic and resin on board, 120cm x 240cmEntry for the Wynne Prize 2012 and finalist this year

Kate ShawLiminal Dawn (2011) acrylic and resin on board, 120 x 240 cm

Artists you should know about

Christian ThompsonSimryn Gill

Christian ThompsonAustralian Graffiti 2008100 x 100 cm, LAMBDA PrintOxford University doing PhD, Australia exhibition, international interest

Simryn Gill A small town at the turn of the century, 1999-2000, type C photograph Edition 2/5, 92.0 x 91.5cm image; 108.5cm x 107.3cm frameSimryn Gill will represent Australia at the 55th Venice Biennale 2013

Other artists to consider

Penny ByrneJacqui StockdaleJude RaeDerek O’ConnorMary TonkinKate Mitchell

Penny ByrneH5N1 Mutant Strain 2011porcelain figurine, vintage action man gas mask, porcelain chickens, epoxy resin, re-touching medium, powder pigments. 31 x 13 x 9.5cm

Penny ByrneTea for Two in Tuvalu (No 3) 2011vintage porcelain figurine, vintage Action Man accessories, vintage coral, glass fish, epoxy resin, epoxy putty, re touching medium, powder pigments. 15 x 27 x 13cm

Jacqui StockdaleLes Jumeaux 2012C Type Print100 x 78cm

Jacqui StockdaleRama-Jaara the Royal Shepherdess, 2012C Type Print100 x 78cm

Jacqui StockdaleCarnival of the Night, 2012C Type Print100 x 78cm

Jude RaeSL 300 2012Oil on linen

Jude Rae

SL 302 2012Oil on linen137 x 122 cm

Derek O’ConnorMitchell, 2009oil on canvas53.0 x 43.0 cm

Derek O’ConnorFoliage 2, 2009oil on board43.0 x 26.0 cm

Mary TonkinCheshire cat Kalorama, 2010oil on linen46 x 86cm

Mary TonkinHurdle Kalorama, 2007-8oil on linen170 x 242cm

Kate MitchellFall Stack (production still) 20125 channel HD colour video

Kate MitchellBeing Punctual, Production still II, 2010C-type photograph, edition of 5118.9 cm × 84.1 cm