Archives: Artists

Stephen Bennett

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Wildlife Artist

Wildlife artist with a passion to capture the beauty and movement of our wildlife in his paintings.

Peter Marsack

Peter Marsack

Wildlife artist and illustrator

Natural history artist and illustrator for over 25 years

Frances McMahon

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Wildlife artist

Passionate watercolourist artist of Australian native species

William Ritchie

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Wildlife artist

Wildlife and the natural world is his passion

William T Cooper AO (1934 – 2015)

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, watercolour, anatomically correct, scientific drawing, sir david attenborough, bill cooper, turaco, kingfisher, red tailed black cockatoo, kookaburra, forest kingfisher, rainbow lorikeet, shelducks, wedge tailed eagle, birdman, joseph Forshaw, regent bowerbird, giclee reproductions, published artist, feather, fur, environment, natural history, an eye for nature, botanical art, william T cooper, birdman

Wildlife Artist

“Australia’s greatest living scientific painter of birds, he is possibly the best in the world.” (Sir David Attenborough.)

Werner Filipich

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, sofala, kangaroo valley, bellingen, gloucester, macleay valley, hill end, board, stretched canvas, landscape, seascape, figurative, clouds, cloud, australian art gifts

Landscape, Seascape, Figurative Artist

Tranquil scenes of Australian, European life & landscape.

Stephen A. Jesic

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, acrylic, baltic birch, stephen jesic, associate living master, art renewal centre, international award winning, international, best wildlife painter, worlds best, barn owl, rhino, scarlet macaw, red tailed black cockatoos, artists for conservation, conservation, perfectionist, precise, giclee reproductions, published artist, australian art gifts, feathers, fur, wildlife artist, native wildlife, environment, new york society of animals artists

Wildlife Artist

Art Renewal Centre Living Master.
Multiple internationally award winning wildlife artist.

Simon Barlow

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, acrylic, oil, stretched canvas, floral, wildlife, peonies, roses, magnolias, macrocarpa, published artist, australian art gifts, wildlife, environment, conservation, published

Wildlife & Botanical Artist

Floral & Botanical artworks, large enough to fill a wall in any home or commercial business.

Ron Marshall

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, military, equine, acrylic, oil, watercolour, board, stretched canvas, australian light horse, military heritage, giclee reproductions, the charge, military, great war,

Military & Equine Specialist Artist

Painting the Australian Light Horse is Ron’s passion.

Robyn Collier

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Seascape & Wilderness Artist

Fifty years of experience in painting coastal & underwater environments.

Ramon Ward-Thompson

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, board, stretched canvas, new york, paris, begium, linen, london, costwold, sydney, southern highlands, berrima, three colours, romantic, england, europe, european, notre dame, river seine, providence, rue, crocodile hunter, giclee reproductions, australian art gifts

Landscape Artist

Australian & European cities of the world captured with soft romanticism.

Pippa Chapman

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Still Life Artist

A modern realist interpretation of Renaissance ‘Old Master’ techniques.

Natalie-Jane Parker

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, acrylic, clayboard, claybord, stretched canvas, wildlife, birds, endangered, endangered species, artist for conservation, ashdene, ladelle, homewares, jigsaw puzzles, coffee mugs, scatter trays, travel mugs, placemats, coasters, material panels, two green zebras, children’s books, blip and pip, willow the wombat, tasmanian devil, tassie devil, superb blue wren, wombat, quoll, possum, cockatoo, rosella, rainbow lorikeet, wedgetail eagle, barn owl, local artist, wildlife artist, native wildlife, environment, australian art gifts, illustrator

Wildlife Artist

Her artworks have graced well-appointed giftware, sold worldwide, for over twenty years.

Maegan Oberhardt

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, fumage, fire drawing, conservation, environment, koala, echidna, galah, wedgetail eagle, wombat, platypus, native wildlife, maegan oberhardt, wildlife artist, soot, open flame, painting with fire, soot layers, candles, wood, brushers, erasers, hand tools

Wildlife Artist

Artworks created using fire and fumage.

Max Mannix

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, watercolour, story teller, australiana, yesteryear, the old days, icon, yarns, australian iconic artist, board, stretched canvas, watercolours, watercolour, cobb and co, bradford exchange, waltzing matilda, gold medallions, gold coins, limited edition, retrospective, australian art gifts, nostalgia

Figurative Artist

Brings Australian songs, poetry and characters to life in paintings

Kevin Best OAM (1932 – 2012)

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, landscape, australian bush, sheep, cattle, rays of light, kevin best, stretched canvas, light, outback, high country, muster

Landscape, Seascape Artist

His first published book was called, “A Brush with Light”. It speaks volumes about the way Kevin captured Australia’s landscape.

John Vander

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, oil, palette knife, pallete knives, knife, gulgong, mudgee, bathrust, sofala, hill end, berrima, southern highlands, braidwood, vineyards, houses, to scale, australian art gifts, placemats, coasters, cinnamon, hale imports

Landscape, Seascape, Nostalgia Artist

Discover the charm of nostalgic 19th century settings of historic Australian & European villages and life.

John McCartin

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, artist, oil, hans heysen, international award-winning, award, winning, international, best cow painter in the world, john mccartin, drawing magazine, international artist magazine, plein air magazine, american art collector, south west art magazine, australian art gifts, still lift, portraits, portrait, cow, landcape

Landscape, Still Life, Coastal, Portrait Artist

Grand Master Artist – World.
Winner of 125 international art prizes.

John Bradley

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Landscape, Coastal & Nostalgia Artist

Versatile artist, with the ability to paint landscape, coastal, night scenes and transport.

Jennifer Marshall

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Landscape, Military & Equine/Animal Portraiture Artist Master Pastellist.

Military & Australian Light Horse Specialist.

James Hough

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, acrylic, clayboard, claybord, aussie ark, devil ark, Australian geographic, Australian geographic calendar, placemats, coasters, cinnamon, hale imports, cards, artists for conservation, international award winning artist, international, superb blue wrens, kookaburras, king parrots, squirrel gliders, forest kingfisher, rainbow bee eater, scarlet honeyeater, koala, sea eagle, rainbow lorikeet, rose robin, rufous whistler, echidna, manning river turtle, yellow tailed black cockatoos, brahminy kite, variegated blue wrens, eastern quoll, tasmanian devil, tassie devil, platypus, conservation, environment, published artist, australian art gifts, feathers, fur, endangered, endangered species, local, native wildlife, wildlife, environment

Wildlife Artist

Illustrator of Australian Geographic Calendar since 2020.

Ian Hansen

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, watercolour, nautical, seascape, hmas cerebus, cerberus, stamp, australia post,barque, james craig, clippers, clipper, tea clipper, tea clippers,sir hubery wilkins. fritz, royal arts society, australian institute of history and art, society of marine artists, cape horn, james baines, ss loongana, ship, gladbrook, patrianc, sophocles, first fleet, port Jackson, leander, taeping, schooner, thermopylae, cutty sark, royal arts society, marine, navy, australian navy, royal, australian art gifts

Marine Artist

Illustrator of HMVS Cerberus Stamp launched by Australia Post 2021.

Gordon Hanley

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Metalpoint, Wildlife, Still Life, Photorealism Portraiture, Nostalgia
Art Renewal Centre Living Master.
Draws with precious metals – 24ct gold, pure silver, palladium, platinum.

Garry Fleming

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine,original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, oil, watercolour, gouache, published artist, australian art gifts, children’s books, jigsaw puzzles, garry fleming, shimmer blocks, giclee reproductions, the cassowary egg, african lion, yellow tailed black cockatoo, zambi wildlife park, eyes, fur, feathers, wildlife, native wildlife, exotic, children’s education, wildlife artist, environment, illustrator, childrens books, bollygum,

Wildlife Artist

The world’s most published wildlife artist with 175 book titles.

d’Arcy W. Doyle (1932 – 2001)

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, landscape, darcy w.doyle, board, nostalgia, iconic, click go the shears, man from snowy river, waltzing matilda, clancy of the overflow, for keeps, kite flyers, big ring, turning them home, the pie cart, shane warne, steve waugh, cricket, limited edition prints, most marketed australian, one in four households, cancer council, hopscotch, bottle merchant, the yealings, christmas morning, break in play, budding socceroos, break of day, loggers tea break, sardine lunch, men only, hockey players, milting time, arrival of first fleet, escorting the gold, hauling the clip, the wood sawyers, riding the dingo fence, no ball, the gunshearer, off to school, the tree house, underarm, three of the, two of these, the daisy patch, frosty morn, fair go, the bush wedding, transporting the wool, billabong play, chain up, the lift and art, doyle book, snowy river chase, cobb and co, sir donald bradman, boundary bound, captain courageous, the mill, uninvited guests, lost but found, stockmans image, sunday morning

Landscape & Nostalgia Artist

It is estimated that one in four households in Australia own an object featuring d’Arcy W. Doyle’s artwork.

William (Bill) Freeman OAM (1929 – 2018)

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment art, fine art, original, artwork, collector, investment, artist, oil, board, william freeman, bill, minmi, karuah, landscape, seascape, icon of the hunter, three chooks, sir william dobell, society of hunter valley artists

Landscape & Coastal Artist

“You’ve got potential, mate”, was what the great William Dobell told a young William Freeman, who spent the next 71 years painting professionally.

Ann Morton

morpeth art gallery, hunter valley, newcastle, nsw, investment, fine, original, artwork, collector, artist, artists, investment, oil, still life, art renewal centre, roses, lace, giclee reproduction, living artist, international finalist, portraits, maiden hair fern, tablecloths, wooden table, published, australian art gifts, art renewal centre living artist, cards, realiam, australian portrait artists society

Still Life, Portrait, Landscape Artist

One of the finest realist oil painters of her generation. Finalist in Archibald Portrait Prize.