Image above: Angus Fisher Parsley Bay 2022 charcoal on paper 70 x 100 cm.
We are delighted to announce that Angus Fisher has been announced as a finalist in the Dobell Drawing Prize #23.
The Dobell Drawing Prize #23 is an unparalleled celebration of drawing technique and innovation. Presented by the National Art School in partnership with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, the biennial prize explores the enduring importance of drawing within contemporary art practice.
Fisher’s chosen work, Parsley Bay, is one of a number of large charcoal drawings completed during lockdown that feature local bush land scenes along the Hawkesbury river, where Fisher lives and works. Parsley Bay was chosen alongside 63 other works from 1062 entries by judges Catherine O’Donnell, Paula Latos-Valier and Katrina Cashman.
The judges will reconvene in March 2023 to decide on the winner of this acquisitive $30,000 prize, donated by the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation, with the winning artwork automatically becoming the property of the National Art School.
Visit our online Stock Rooms to view a selection of available works by Angus Fisher here.
Dobell Drawing Prize #23
NAS Gallery, National Art School
156 Forbes Street, Darlinghurst NSW 2010
31 March – 10 June 2023
Exhibition opening and winner announcement: Thursday 30 March 2023
Martin King Tree of life, unsuccessful species 2021 dry point, chine colle and hand colouring 168 x 165 cm
Congratulations to Angus Fisher and Martin King who have been selected as finalists in the 2022 Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize.
Launched in 2002, The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize commemorates the birth of The South Australian Museum’s first curator Frederick Waterhouse. The prize encourages artists to investigate the world around them and present their perspectives on natural science. Entrants respond to scientific issues facing our planet, offering a platform to contribute to the debate.
There are two prize categories, an open prize of $30,000 and an emerging artist prize of $10,000
The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize
South Australian Museum
June 3 – August 7
10am – 5pm
Angus Fisher is a Sydney based artist that specialises in printmaking and drawing, working primarily in pen and ink and copper plate etching. Known for his precise and intricate observations of the natural world, Fisher’s practice not only investigates the diversity of ecology through his subjects, but the evolving attitudes, relationships and philosophical interpretations of humankind to the wider natural world. In 2018, Fisher presented a folio consisting of 24 hand-coloured etchings titled ‘Birds of New Holland’ as a contemporary reference and accompaniment to the early encyclopedic natural history illustrations of J.W. Lewin.
Angus Fisher Gunyah Point 2021 charcoal on paper 73 x 100 cm
Martin King’s wide-ranging art practice is underpinned by an abiding interest in the Australian landscape, most visibly by making connections between land, sea and air.
King’s earlier works on paper traced the movement of rain shadows and the effect of weather patterns across undulating terrain and vast tracts of desert. His more recent works express the fragility of our relationship with nature using creatures of the sky as simple motifs that convey a paradoxical vision of the Australian landscape as both tranquil and unsettling.
Martin King Tree of life, unsuccessful species 2022 dry point, chine colle and hand colouring 168 x 165 cm
Martin King Tree of life, unsuccessful species detail 2022 dry point, chine colle and hand colouring 168 x 165 cm