Tim Storrier’s work sweeps you into his imagination: burning ropes in the desert, clothes wrapped around a torso-shaped void, moody skies with clouds that go on forever.
One of Australia’s premier artists, his paintings often take the form of a memento mori – a reminder of our mortality – with detritus strewn across the landscape to remind us of what is left after life has moved on.
He has been painting for over 50 years and in 1968 was the youngest artist ever to win the Sulman prize at 19 years of age. He has since won the Sulman a second time and has been awarded the Archibald Prize, the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize and Archibald Packing Room Prize. His work is held in most Australian national and state art institutions and in private collections across the world.
He has exhibited in dozens of solo shows including a stunning survey show in 2011 at S.H.Ervin Gallery, was a trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW for most of the 90s and has been awarded a member of the Order of Australia for service to the arts.
He’s also known for being forthright and at times controversial and I thoroughly enjoyed meeting him at his historic home in Bowral in the Southern Highlands of NSW.
We talk about finding one’s voice, his friendships with John Olsen and Brett Whiteley and he talks of the aftermath of Whiteley’s death – he was the person the police called to identify Brett Whiteley’s body – as well as his views on the Archibald and post modern art (not all positive!).
To hear the podcast interview press play below the above feature photo.
A video of Storrier in his home and studio will be posted here and to the Talking with Painters YouTube channel soon.
Above photo of Tim Storrier by Gary Grealy Photography
Upcoming show
Sydney Contemporary (international art fair), Carriageworks, Australian Galleries, 12-15 September, Sydney
Show Notes
Tim Storrier
Tim Storrier at Australian Galleries
Tim Storrier at Philip Bacon Galleries
‘Tim Storrier’ by Lou Klepac
John Ford
Sir John Sulman Prize
John Olsen
Brett Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley
Peter Kingston
Russell Drysdale
John Constable
John Singer Sargent
Memento Mori
Archibald Prize
Doug Moran National Portrait Prize
Damien Hirst | 10 Questions | TIME (YouTube)
Natasha Bieniek in her studio (Talking with Painters)
Sam Fullbrook
Pablo Picasso
Georges Braque
Noon (light line), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm
‘Night Passage’, 1981, type C photograph on metallic photographic paper, 80 x 122 cm
‘The Empire of the Coals (blue night run)’, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 107 x 244 cm
‘The Great Tumble’, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 91 cm
‘The Departure Expected (self portrait)’ 2009, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 92 cm
The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch), 2012, acrylic on canvas, 182 x 122 cm
Winner Archibald Prize 2012
‘The Arcadian Repose’, 2015-16, acrylic on canvas, 200 x 300 cm
Finalist Wynne Prize 2017
‘The Lunar Savant (Portrait of McLean Edwards)’, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 198 x 91 cm
Winner Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2018
‘The Water Dance’, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 183 x 304.5 cm
‘Suzy 350’, 1968, oil on board, 121.6 x121.6 cm
Winner Sulman Prize 1968
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