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CHEERS – Latest artwork by Jeff Quigley – This will be my third painting finished for the big late January Members Exhibition… Cheers is the title of this piece.
“Let’s have another drink boys, this one has grown old and bitter” (It’s been ten long years)
Now I think I might have got a half decent photo of this one ……… finally.
“Cheers”, Framed, acrylic on canvas, sized at 30cm x 40cm. Small painting yes, and not one of my regular big buggers.
Another painting finished for the next Emu Park Members Exhibition … Frenzy is the title of this piece.
I nearly got a decent picture shot of this one for a change.
Frenzy, acrylic on canvas, framed and rather large at 79cm x 79cm.
I have always been enthralled at the sight of the sharks in the feeding frenzy with schools of surface fish. My 1.5 million surface fish in the painting (lol) are a bit bigger in size then those you might see in photographs. I did try smaller ones but it was too painful on my eyes so I pulled the artist licence card and made them bigger.
I also lost a friend recently who happen to be a life long mad Sharks supporter like ‘moi’ and, who was known as Frenzy. This is my small dedication to the ‘good’ bloke.
Another painting finished and again, well ahead of schedule … Night Drive CQ is the title of this piece.
Apologies for the hopeless quality of the photo. It is just a proper B for me to get a half decent shot.
Night Drive CQ (CQ stands for Central Queensland), acrylic and Gloss Black on canvas, framed and rather large at 79cm x 79cm.
Decided to have a bit of experimenting with this one. I always paint with acrylics but I wanted to create a shine / reflection to the bonnet of the vehicle. I thought I would get the old black gloss spray paint can and give it a crack. I think it worked out okay.
I had a wonderful time with the light beams, high and low range, now that was fun. You can’t see it in the photo but there is actually car tail lights off in the distance. Of course the customary bullet holes appear in the ‘roo’ sign.
‘Shifts End – How Green Was My Valley’ is a large piece, framed acrylic on canvas, 575mm x 880mm.
I have entered this one in the Members December Summer Exhibition at the local Emu Park Gallery.
This piece is inspired by the ‘Working Man Song’ and the legendary old Academy Award Winning Movie ‘How Green Was My Valley’
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“Be Nice”, Framed, acrylic on canvas, sized at 30cm x 40cm.
Yes I did a small size painting!
I will be submitting ‘Be Nice’ into the next Members Exhibition at the Emu Park Art Gallery. The exhibition will be open to the public from Wednesday 3rd of December and runs through until the end of January.
(Painting No4 in my ongoing series of Leonard Cohen inspired pieces)
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Another one finished in my Leonard Cohen Series – HALLELUJAH – Artist Jeff Quigley.
‘Hallelujah’ is a large piece, framed acrylic on canvas, 580mm x 880mm. Will be entering this one in the December Exhibition at the local gallery.
This is my fourth piece in my ongoing series of Leonard Cohen inspired works. I’ve linked the Cohen song below. (Scroll down)
My first piece in my Cohen series was “I told you when I came I was a Stranger” followed by “Bird on a Wire”. Next came “Dance Me To The End Of Love” You can view my Cohen Series here. https://www.studioquigs.com.au/category/leonard-cohen-series-artworks-by-jeff-quigley/
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”Big Swell, Sunny Day, Cronulla 1965′ – Latest artwork by Jeff Quigley “Just bringing back the Memories.” I think I have ‘sorta’ finished this one but I know I will be touching it up for another two weeks. ((Artist know what I mean )) The photo is a bad one.
Being a child of the Sutherland Shire I spent a lot of time with great mates down at Cronulla Beach. It was a wonderful place to have fun and enjoy the surf. My home was four stations from the beach. My painting depicts Cronulla from around the year of 1965 when I was but a 10 year old pup. My main reference piece for this painting was an old post card I had acquired years ago plus some additional artistic licence.
One of our favourite experiences was to go over the back of the large rock pool and ride the backwash wave out and into the incoming breaker. We never did it when the waves were as big as in the painting of course.
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If I Grow Up I Wanna Be? is the title of this piece.
Apologies for the poor quality of the photo. It was a proper B to get a half decent shot.
If I Grow Up?, acrylic on canvas, framed and rather large at 79cm x 79cm.
This one has been floating around in the back of my head for some time. With the current world situation where it appears to me that we humans are doing our best to just exterminate other human beings. It is just crazy, so many wars, so many unnecessary deaths.
I have strong opinions of what might become of the young victims of these confrontations. Their futures, their mental state and their desires. After witnessing cruel atrocity after cruel atrocity, families ripped and torn apart, communities destroyed and all before their young eyes.
Just imagine if our kids and grandkids were witnessing this brutality on a daily basis.
Unfortunately I believe revenge might be locked in as one of the long term goals. We will be reading and hearing about revenge incidents for decades to come.
South Bound Clear is the title of this piece. Back in a previous town where we lived I had a few mates that ended up working on the railway maintenance gangs. The individual in the painting is not one of them but the painting refreshed some great old memories and yarns.
One of the mates had Tshirts printed. They read “I might not be smart but I can lift heavy things” (Hey Trotter)
NSW broadguage in the painting by the way, not pouncy Qld narrow guage rubbish.
Again the ongoing apology, not a good photo at all, one day, one day I’ll get it right.
“South Bound Clear”, Framed, acrylic on canvas, sized at 40cm x 50cm.
Third painting finished for the big upcoming 20 Year Celebratory Members Exhibition… Good Morning is the title of this piece. It is always a great way to start the day with a mug of hot coffee and a piece or two of toast.
“Good Morning”, Framed, acrylic on canvas, sized at 50cm x 40cm.
I will be submitting ‘Good Morning’ into the next Members Exhibition at the Emu Park Art Gallery. It will be a very special exhibition highlighting 20 years of the Emu Park Art Gallery and included will be works from 13 of the 14 original members.
The exhibition called ‘from beach shack to art gallery will open to the public from Wednesday the 30th July and runs through until the 2nd September.
