Charlie Sheard, Green Painting, 2018-2022, Oil on polyester, 150 x 120cm, $18,000. Courtesy: the artist and Olsen Gallery, Sydney.

“Lux me faciebat
In the eye of the beholder
Qì Yào Yǎn
A sudden illumination
The opening horizon of Time
In the primitive mind
And of feeling.

The ten Temple paintings and the large Red Painting are the core of this exhibition. The Red Painting is contemplation on the history of painting itself, and on forty years history of my own work (the first exhibition of my paintings was in 1982). The Temple paintings are meditations on being.

Painting is ancient and original, a mystery from caves. Study the history of forms and techniques at the most serious levels possible, then abandon everything that you know in order to paint in the present.” – Charlie Sheard, 2022.

Opening Event: Wednesday 02 November, 5-7pm.