Resonance is a quality of depth, fullness, or reverberation, which is used to describe certain aspects of sound. Physics, mechanics, astronomy and chemistry use this word to denote certain characteristics of those disciplines.
In a visual sense, resonance occurs when strong emotions, memories and their associated images come to mind in the presence of art works. Often they are described as haunting, moving, or poignant, or as having a certain richness or significance. The viewer experiences a kind of recognition about the work, which doesn’t rely on the subject matter depicted, and how well it is executed, but on other things more difficult to explain.
It is a form of transferred energy, an intensification, or amplification of the range, where the viewer gets in tune, or in sync, with the poetic texture of the artist’s work. These qualities can’t be measured. Two people can experience the same work and be affected, or not, to various degrees. Taste is always a subjective thing.
Before these works there was the garden, my garden. By various degrees of emphasis, embellishment and distortion, using colour on paper and canvas, it evolved into this present form. For me this is an exciting and continuous journey of adventure and discovery.
Craig Gough
CRAIG GOUGH
1938 Born Perth, W.A.
1958-65 Studied at Perth Technical College and WAIT.
1968-73 Lecturer in Fine Art, Claremont Technical School, W.A.
1969-70 President of Contemporary Art Society of Australia, W.A. branch
1972-73 Art Critic, The Sunday Times, Perth.
1974 Senior Lecturer in Painting at Monash University
1991 Head of Department, Fine Art, Monash University
1995-96 M.A. Fine Art, Monash University.
2000-01 Visiting Fellow, La Trobe University, Bendigo Victoria.
2003 Artist Residency, Bundanon, N.S.W.
2009 Artist in Residence, Assumption College, Kilmore. Vic.
2011 Artist in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura. Vic.
2012 Artist in Residence, The Art Vault, Mildura. Vic.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1968, 1970, 1972 The Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth
1974 Stewart Gerstman Galleries, Melbourne
1976 Collectors Gallery, Perth
1977 Warehouse Galleries, Melbourne
1980 Gallery 52, Perth
1983 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne. Sandringham
Series
Quentin Gallery, Perth. Sandringham Series
1984 St. Kilda Library, Vic, St Kilda Charcoals
Quentin Gallery, Perth. Sandringham Series
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melb. Merry-go-round
1986 Anima Gallery, Adelaide. Merry-go round
1987 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melb. Melbourne Series
1989 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melb. Tuscan Traveller
1990 B.M.G. Fine Art, Sydney. Tuscan Traveller
1995 Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melb. No- Junk, Mail?
1995 – 1996 Survey 1980-1990. Touring regional galleries. Victoria
1996 Solander Gallery, Canberra. Garden Series
1997 Bendigo Regional Arts Centre, Victoria. Garden Series
1998 Band Hall Gallery, Kyneton, Victoria
Span Galleries, Melbourne. Suburban Ornament
2000 Perth Galleries, Perth, W.A. Suburban Ornament
2002 Phyllis Palmer Gallery, La Trobe University, Victoria.
Bundoora Homestead, Melbourne,
2003 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney. Suburban Ornament
Penny School Gallery, Maldon, Vic Suburban Garden
2006 Goya Gallery, Docklands, Melbourne, Recent Paintings
Woodbine Gallery, Malmsbury, Recent Works.
2007 Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Vic. Improvisation & Emotion
2008 Woodbine Gallery, Malmsbury, Vic. Recent Works
Penny School Gallery, Maldon , Vic. Merry-Go-Round
2010 Victoria Racing Club. Flemington Racecource.
Woodbine Art Gallery. Malmsbury. Vic.
2011 LaTrobe University Museum of Art. Bendigo. Vic.
2012 The Art Vault, Mildura, Vic. Selected Works
2013 Penny School Gallery, Maldon, Vic. Selected Works
2014 Langford 120 Gallery. Melbourne
Maroondah Regional Gallery, Vic. Resonance
2015 Spot 81 Gallery, Sydney. Resonance
2016 Port Maquarie Regional Gallery. NSW. Resonance
2018 Bendigo Art Gallery, Vic. Recent works & collection
2019 Gallery 206 Gisborne, Vic. Selected works
AWARDS
1965 Guild Prize, University of W.A. Guild Exhibition
1966 Rothman’s Prize, University of W.A. Guild Exhibition
1970 Bunbury Art Prize, W.A.
1978 Inaugural Sandringham/Beaumaris Art Award, Melbourne
1983 John McCaughey Art Prize, National Gallery of Victoria – Winner
1984 St. Kilda Art Prize
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Art Award (Drawing)
1985 Box Hill Acquisition Prize Exhibition (Drawing)
Penleigh & Essendon Grammar School Art Award (Drawing)
Mornington Peninsula Art Award (Drawing)
1986 Bunbury Acquisition Prize (Drawing)
Gold Coast Art Prize (Drawing acquired)
1988 Visual Arts Board Studio, ‘Il Paretaio’, Palaia, Italy
1997 Silk Cut Lino-Cut Award (Print purchased)
Warrnambool Print Prize (Print purchased)
2003 Artist’s Residency, ‘Bundanon Trust’, N.S.W.
2011 Artist’s Residency, The Art Vault. Mildura. Vic.
2012 Artist’s Residency, The Art Vault. Mildura. Vic.
COMMISSIONS
Numerous corporate and private portrait and other commissions including:
1973 Commissioned to paint one of 5 screens for 5 Screens exhibition at the Fremantle Arts Centre, W.A.
1979 A Painted Tram, Victorian Ministry of the Arts & the Melbourne Tramways Board
1986-87 Painting of Melbourne for inaugural Hugh Williamson Collection, National Gallery of Victoria.
1998 Portrait of Bishop Noel Daly, Bishop of Sandhurst for Bendigo Cathedral, Victoria.
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS & INVITATION EXHIBITIONS
1960 Perth Prize for Paintings, W.A. Art Gallery.
1960–65 Helena Rubinstein Portrait Prize – exhibition selection
1965 University of W.A. Guild Exhibitions – Guild Prize winner
1966 Rothmans Prize – winner
1966 Gallagher Portrait Prize, Sydney – exhibition selection
1966 Religious Art Prize, Perth – Third prize
1966–70 Contemporary Art Society of Australia, Sydney.
1968-69 Contemporary Art Society of Australia, Brisbane.
1966-70 Contemporary Art Society of Australia – Perth.
1966 Young Contemporaries National Exhibition, Perth.
1968 Shaftsbury Art Prize, W.A., Honourable Mention
1969 Meerilinga Art Exhibition, by invitation, Festival of Perth
1969, 1975 Tasmania Art Gallery Purchase Exhibition
1970 Bunbury Art Prize, W.A. – Winner
1970-72 W.A.I.T. Invitation Art Exhibitions.
1970 Flotta-Lauro Art Prize Exhibition, Sydney
1972 The Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth Festival
1973 Concert Hall, Perth, Official Opening exhibition
1973 Fremantle Art Centre, W.A. Five Screens exhibition.
1974 Art Gallery of W.A. W.A. Artists. Festival of Perth
1974-76 Inez Hutchinson Art Award, Victoria. Hon. Mentions.
1975-76 Sir William Angliss Art Awards, Melbourne
1975 John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize, Melbourne
1976 Alice Art Prize, Alice Springs, N.T.
1977 Capital Permanent Art Award, Geelong
1978 Inaugural Sandringham/Beaumaris Art Award – Winner.
Capital Permanent Art Award, Geelong – exhibitor
1979 Victorian Ministry of the Arts & Melbourne Tramways
Invited to paint a tram.
1980 Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane.
Centenary Exhibition Buildings Art Prize. Melbourne
1981 Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane. Homage
Quentin Gallery, Perth.
1982 Invitation group exhibition – Survey. Touring W.A.
Axiom Gallery, Melbourne. – Group Exhibition
1983 Caulfield Arts Centre, Vic – Invitation Drawing Exhibition
1983 John McCaughey Memorial Art Prize’. Melbourne – Winner.
1984 St. Kilda Art Prize – Winner
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Art Award (Drawing)
Perth, W.A. – Winner.
1985 Box Hill Acquisition Prize Exhibition – Winner (Drawing)
Victor Mace Gallery, Brisbane. The First Decade
1986 Faber-Castell Award for Drawing, Sydney.
Gold Coast Acquisitive Art Prize.
1986 Victoria, Views by Contemporary Artists, touring exhibition
1987 Gillian Jason Gallery, London, U.K. Four Australian artists
1988 Episode I. Selected exhibition by Chisholm Art Staff
1989 Kingfisher Art Prize, Gosford Art Gallery, N.S.W.
BMG Fine Art Gallery, Sydney. Group Exhibition
1990 Scotsmans Hill Vineyard Art Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
1991 Maritime Art Award, exhibitor
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria. Ten Regional Artists
1992, 1994 Castlemaine Drawing Prize, exhibitor
1992, 1994, 1996 Mandorla Art Award, Perth, by invitation
1993 Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria,
James Farrell Self Portrait Award exhibitor
Shire of Kyneton Exhibition, Kyneton, Vic, invitation
1994 The Castlemaine Collection. Castlemaine Art Gallery, Vic
The Kyneton Collection, Piper Street, Kyneton, Vic
1995 Save Albert Park, 9 x 5 Exhibition, Melbourne
1996 Tattersalls Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
Eva Breuer Gallery, Sydney, Still Life
1997 Mornington Regional Art Gallery, Victoria
Geelong Print Prize, exhibitor.
Warrnambool Art Gallery Print Prize, Vic
Geelong Gallery Contemporary Art Prize. Vic
Silk Cut Award for Lino-Cutting exhibition. Melbourne.
Shell Fremantle Print Prize. Exhibitor
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Contemporary Printmakers
from the Mt. Alexander Shire’.
1998 Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Luna Park and the Art of Mass Delirium
1999 We Are Australian, touring Australia
2000 Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Print and Drawing Prize, exhibitor
Bendigo Art Gallery, touring. Celebrating the Exquisite Corpse
2001 Castlemaine State Festival. Vic, Hedgehogs Exhibition
2002 ‘Catalogue Exhibition’, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
2003 Adam Gallery, Melbourne, ‘Group Exhibition’.
2004 National Art School, Sydney, ‘Fundraising Exhibition’, by invitation
2004 ‘Heavenly Creatures’. Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, by invitation, curated by Melissa Keys.
2005 National Art School, Sydney, ‘Fundraising Exhibition’, by invitation
2006 National Art School, Sydney, ‘Fundraising Exhibition’, by invitation
2007 ‘Salon des Refuse’. ,S.H.Ervin Gallery Sydney.
‘The John McCaughey Memorial Prize, 50 Years’. N.G.V. Fed. Sq.
2008 ‘Drawcard’. National Art School,Sydney,fundraising exhibition,by invitation
‘Hugh Williamson’s Legacy’. N.G.V. Federation Square. Melbourne.
‘Fletcher Jones Art Prize’. Geelong Gallery. Vic. Finalist.
2009 ‘Reclaiming’ Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.
‘ In House’. Adam Galleries, Melb.
‘R and M McGivern Prize’, Maroondah Art Gallery. Finalist.
2010-2013 ‘In (Two)Art’. Maitland Regional Art Gallery. NSW.and travelling to regional galleries.
(NSW, QLD, VIC )
2010 ‘Grande Finale Exhibition’, Adam Galleries. Melbourne.
‘Mt.Alexander Shire Artists’ in Collection of Castlemaine Art Gallery.Vic.
2011 ‘ Biting Issues’, Castlemaine State Festival Visual Arts Program. Cascade Print Workshop Gallery, Maldon, Vic.
‘100…..New concepts in drawing’…Black Arts Projects at Langford 120. Vic. Curated by Dr. Irene Barberis.
‘Drawing Out’. Australian Drawings at University of Arts, London. Curated by Dr. Irene Barberis.
2012 ‘The Abstract Canvas’, Wilson St. Gallery at Danks Gallery complex.
‘Reading the Space, Contemporary Australian Drawing. New York Studio School. NY. Curated by Dr. Irene Barberis.
‘Four by Two’ (Four artist couples), Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff. Vic
2013 ‘Tree Project’, (prints). (C/maine Festival), Cascade Print Workshop Gallery, Maldon, Vic.
2014 ‘Fourteen Trajectories’. Langford 120 Vic.
2015 ‘Just Paper’. Maitland Regional Art Gallery. NSW.
‘Contemporary Australian Drawing’. Saci Gallery, Florence, Italy, curated by Dr Irene Barberis.
2016 ‘Contemporary Australian Drawing’. The Bury Art Museum. Manchester. UK.
curated by Dr. Irene Barberis.
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
Australian Embassy, Saudi Arabia
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery,Victoria
Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria
Box Hill City Council, Victoria
Bunbury Art Gallery, W.A.
Casey Hospital, Melbourne (Southern Health)
Castlemaine Art Gallery, Victoria
Curtin University, W.A.
Crown Casino, Melbourne
Faber-Castell, Germany
Fremantle Arts Centre, W.A.
Heide Museum of Modern Art. Vic.
Kyneton Shire Council, Victoria
LaTrobe University, Victoria
LaTrobe Valley Arts Centre, Victoria
Lindenderry at Red Hill, Victoria
McClelland Art Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne (Southern Health)
Monash University, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery, Victoria
Murdoch University, W.A.
National Gallery of Victoria
Newcastle City Art Gallery, N.S.W.
Bank West (formerly Rural & Industries Bank), Perth
Sandringham City Council, Victoria
Silk Cut Foundation – Duraloid Pty. Ltd., Victoria ( at Nat. Gallery of Aust. )
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, W.A.
St. George’s Cathedral, Perth
St. George’s College, University of W.A.
St. Kilda City Council, Victoria
St. John of God Hospital, Ballarat. Vic.
University of Western Australia. Perth.
Victoria Racing Club. Flemington. Vic.
Victorian Ministry for the Arts
University of Melbourne
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Victoria
Wesfarmers, W.A.
Plus numerous corporate and private collections including Holmes a Court, Besen/Suzannes. Margaret Carnegie. Emamuel Hirsh. Price-Waterhouse. Eve Mahlab. Ryder-Hunt. André Whist, (New York). Hong Kong Bank. Melbourne Clinic, Richmond.
Bendigo Catholic Cathedral, Bendigo, Vic.
