Hope
Oil on canvas
142 x 151 cm
The Artist and his Muse
Oil on canvas
112 x 198 cm
The Insomniac
Oil on canvas
143 x 137 cm
Blue Child
Oil on canvas
135 x 142 cm
Green Man
Oil on canvas
107 x 135 cm
Freedom of Choice
Pencil on paper
Cartoon triptych 84 x 162 cm
Winter Rain, Gundaroo, NSW
Oil on canvas
92 x 112 cm
Big White Cloud, Heron Island
SOLD
Incoming Storm
SOLD
Rain Winter's Day 2
Blue Horizon
SOLD
Squall, Heron Island
SOLD
Rain, Gundaroo
BIOGRAPHY
John completed his Masters of Arts at the prestigious Royal College of Art in London and he has been exhibiting with Michael Nagy since 1996. He now lives and works in the bush out of Canberra. His landscape works have been inspired by the seasonal and temperate changes found in New South Wales. John has captured the spirit and magnitude of the Australian landscape mastering the changing effects of light, colour and atmosphere.
John says of his work:
“I paint to move people, to create works of substance that will attain the quality of painting, colour and light rarely seen in contemporary art.”
Well known art historian and critic Professor Sasha Grishin says of John’s work: “Forrester Clack’s work has a freshness, uniqueness and immediacy…True visionary art has to be a response to a personal quest and it is this quality above anything else which shines brightest in the art of John Forrester Clack. “
Education
1980-81 : Foundation Course, Cardiff College Of Art, Wales.1981-84 : B.A. Hons., First Class, Staffordshire Polytechnic, Eng.
1984-86 : Master Of Arts, Royal College Of Art, London.
Solo Exhibitions
1987 : St James Gallery, Piccadilly, London.1988 : Vortex Gallery, High Gate London.
1989 : George St Gallery, Avalon, Sydney.
1990 : Druidstone Hotel, Druid Haven, Wales.
1990 : Roccinates - Gallery Cafe, Bristol, Eng.
1991 : De La Casas - Gallery, London.
1994 : Centre For Art & Theology - Eastside Uniting Church, Paddington.
1995 : Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney.
1999 : Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney.
2000 : The Twain Shall Meet, Gallery-Café, Sydney
2001 : Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
2004 : Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
2005 : Michael Nagy fine Art, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
1987 : Design Analysis, Royal College Of Art Tour, Japan & Korea.1989 : Selected Wynne Prize A.G.N.S.W., Sydney.
1989 : E.M.R. Gallery, Sydney.
1993 : Criss Cross Exhibition, Institute For Theology & Art.
1994 : “Discourse Of Babel” , Centre For Ministry, Parramatta.
1994 : Just Tucker Exhibition, Third World Awareness week, Newtown Mission, Sydney
2000 : Trinity Grammar School, Society of the Arts – Water Colour Show.
2000 : Norvill Art Prize Exhibition
2000 : Olympic Arts Festival, Sydney Scene, Michael Nagy Fine Art
2001 : Kedumba Drawing Award, Kedumba Gallery
2002 : Melbourne Art Fair 2002, Melbourne Galleries
2002 : "Fire", Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
2003 : Sydney Art on Paper, 9th International Art Fair, Fox Studios
2004 : Past Winners Exhibition, Kedumba Gallery
2005 : Past Winners Exhibition, Kedumba Gallery
2005 : Highly Commended, Canberra Art Prize
Awards
1981 : Foundation Award.1984 : Staffordshire Art Society Prize.
1985 : Worshipful Company Of Weavers Award, “The Folding Image”.
2001 : Highly Commended, Nobell Art Prize.
2001 : Winner of Kedumba Award for Drawing.
Commissions
1985 : Display for warehouse company, London Fashion Week1987 : St James Church, Piccadilly, London
1988 : Rev T.D. Croft, Sydney
1990 : Singleton Edwards Architect/Landscape, Worcestershire, England
1994 : David Boliger – Film Set, Melbourne
1994 : Daniel Harvey / Heather Acroyed, London
Publications
Sydney Morning Herald, Domain, August 2004Sydney Morning Herald, Spotlight, August 2004
The Canberra Times, August 2004