Elizabeth Doidge
| Born
and educated in London I moved to Australia in 1983. I now live with
my
husband
on a 75 acre block near Mannum, S Australia.
I
stopped painting back in the sixties after 5 years at Art College,
but resumed 22 years later.
Over
the years I have frequently been asked to produce an 'artists' statement'.
Now I just put that my work is the statement but, when pushed,
trot out the following which I wrote many years ago:
"Having
resumed painting after 22 years I have had to re-examine my original
concepts and find that, despite the intervening years, they have changed
only in their focus.
It
has always been essential that my work is accessible. However, in order
to prevent superficial interpretations of the `pictures’, their realism
is disciplined by form and composition, there are no obscure alternative
`meanings’, each object represents only itself, and the temptations
to use surrealism, obscure symbols or portentous images are avoided."
I
hope you enjoy the work. We live in such isolation that I would really
appreciate an email of your feedback, to doidges@ lm.net.au.
Thankyou
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| TERTIARY
EDUCATION |
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1963
- 1965 |
Pre-Dip
in Art & Design at the SW Essex School of Art, NE London |
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1965
- 1968 |
DipAD
(Hons F A) at Gloucestershire College of Art & Design, UK |
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1968 |
Awarded,
but declined, a place at the Royal College of Art, London |
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1983 |
Migrated
to Australia with accountant husband and year-old son |
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1968
- 1990 |
Worked
in Bookkeeping and, subsequently, Accounting |
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1990 |
Recommenced
painting |
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SOLO
EXHIBITIONS |
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1995/96 |
With
Tony Flint at the New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide |
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June
1996 |
With
Mac Betts at the Greenhill Gallery, N Adelaide |
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Sept
1999 |
Art
Images, Adelaide |
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Sep/Oct
2000 |
Art
Images, Adelaide |
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Nov
2001 |
With
Kate Smith at Richmond Galleries, Melbourne |
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June
2002 |
With
Jane Beasley at Norton Gallery, Sydney |
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Sept 2003 |
Stella Dimadis
Galleries, Melbourne |
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SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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1996
- 1998 |
Touring
exhibitions, `perceptions: Distance’
and State of the Art 4 |
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1997 |
At
Dridan Fine Arts, McLaren Vale and The Old Police Station, Goolwa, SA |
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1997
- 1998 |
Frequently,
at the Greenhill
Gallery, N Adelaide |
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1997
- 1998 |
Frequently
with the Royal SA Society for the Arts, Adelaide, gaining 4 awards of
Merit and a Fellowship. |
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Sept
1998 |
Showcased
at the George Gallery, Melbourne |
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1999
- 2001 |
Frequently,
at Art Images,
Adelaide |
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March
1999 |
`The
Games People Play’ for Sportraits Intn'l, Globe Gallery, Sydney |
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Nov
1999 |
‘Future
Works’, New Land Gallery, Port Adelaide |
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Mar
00–Mar 01 |
Between
Remote Regions touring exhibition (S Australia and Malaysia) |
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July
01 |
At
Norton Gallery, Sydney |
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Dec
02 |
Christmas
Show at Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide |
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Dec
02 |
'Urban
Realism' at Soho Galleries, Sydney |
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PUBLICATIONS
and PRIZES |
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Nov
1997 |
Cover
of the Adelaide Review, prompting a congratulatory postcard from Jeffrey
Smart in Tuscany. |
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Jan
1999 |
Included
in `Another 50 to Watch’, the Australian Art Collector |
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Oct
00 |
Included
in ‘Smart Art Under $2000’, the Australian Art Collector |
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Nov
02 |
Illustrating
the Fleurieu Prizes Catalogue |
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Nov 02 |
Won
the $10,000 Fleurieu Vistas Prize |
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COLLECTIONS
- Sales and Commissions |
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Private,
in New York, Adelaide, Melbourne, Canada and the UK |
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Country
Arts SA and Business SA |
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Australian
Art Collections who have also produced two prints for sale in Europe |
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2
Wine Labels for Wilson Vineyards, one of which, Vines in Autumn, won
the FINAT Prize for Letterpress Printing in France |
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REPRESENTED
BY |
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Soho
Galleries, Sydney |
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Stella
Dimadis Galleries, Melbourne |
Elizabeth's
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