Lawrence Daws
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Lawrence Daws is an Australia
n painter
and printmaker, who works in the media of watercolour, drawing
, screenprints, etching
s and monotypes.
In the 1980s he started making computer prints, and was probably the first artist to use this medium.
His subjects are often landscape
s, including desert
s, of Tasmania
n forests and the tropical rainforest
s of Queensland
.
Daws grew up on the Fleurieu Peninsula
in South Australia, and from 1970 until 2010, lived by the Glasshouse Mountains
at Beerwah
on the edge of a Queensland rainforest, where many of his best-known works were created.
In the 1960s lived and exhibited in London in solo shows and with other Australians, including Brett Whiteley
.
From 1977 he was a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery
and was responsible for acquiring some major paintings for the gallery, including a major painting by Victor Pasmore
.
A biography of Daws was published in 1982, written by Neville Weston
.
Griffith University
, Brisbane
, and University of the Sunshine Coast
, Queensland
have awarded honorary doctorates to Daws.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and printmaker, who works in the media of watercolour, drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, screenprints, etching
Etching
Etching is the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio in the metal...
s and monotypes.
In the 1980s he started making computer prints, and was probably the first artist to use this medium.
His subjects are often landscape
Landscape
Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including the physical elements of landforms such as mountains, hills, water bodies such as rivers, lakes, ponds and the sea, living elements of land cover including indigenous vegetation, human elements including different forms of...
s, including desert
Desert
A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...
s, of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
n forests and the tropical rainforest
Tropical rainforest
A tropical rainforest is an ecosystem type that occurs roughly within the latitudes 28 degrees north or south of the equator . This ecosystem experiences high average temperatures and a significant amount of rainfall...
s of Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
.
Daws grew up on the Fleurieu Peninsula
Fleurieu Peninsula
The Fleurieu Peninsula is a peninsula located south of Adelaide in South Australia, Australia. It was named after the French explorer and hydrographer Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu by the French explorer Nicolas Baudin as he mapped the south coast of Australia in 1802.Towns of interest in the...
in South Australia, and from 1970 until 2010, lived by the Glasshouse Mountains
Glass House Mountains (Queensland)
The Glass House Mountains are a group of eleven hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest mountain is Mount Beerwah at 556 m above sea level, but the most identifiable of all the mountains is Mount Tibrogargan which appears like a...
at Beerwah
Beerwah, Queensland
Beerwah is a town on the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland, Australia. It is situated north of Glass House Mountains, approximately 80 km north of Brisbane, and just south of Landsborough. The main road through Beerwah is called Steve Irwin Way. It was formerly known as the Glasshouse...
on the edge of a Queensland rainforest, where many of his best-known works were created.
In the 1960s lived and exhibited in London in solo shows and with other Australians, including Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley
Brett Whiteley, AO was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize...
.
From 1977 he was a Trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery
Queensland Art Gallery
The Queensland Art Gallery is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre, and is located nearest to Brisbane River at South Bank...
and was responsible for acquiring some major paintings for the gallery, including a major painting by Victor Pasmore
Victor Pasmore
Edwin John Victor Pasmore was a British artist and architect. He pioneered the development of abstract art in Britain in the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...
.
A biography of Daws was published in 1982, written by Neville Weston
Neville Weston
Neville Weston is a figurative painter, academic and writer. Based in Australia for many years, before relocating to the UK in 2005 he has held a number of Australia's top academic posts in the field of performing and visual arts, as well as working as an art critic across numerous publications.As...
.
Griffith University
Griffith University
Griffith University is a public, coeducational, research university located in the southeastern region of the Australian state of Queensland. The university has five satellite campuses located in the Gold Coast, Logan City and in the Brisbane suburbs of Mount Gravatt, Nathan and South Bank. Current...
, Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, and University of the Sunshine Coast
University of the Sunshine Coast
The University of the Sunshine Coast is a public university based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. Having opened in 1996 as the Sunshine Coast University College with 524 students, the institution was renamed the University of the Sunshine Coast in 1999. In 2011, the student body was...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
have awarded honorary doctorates to Daws.
Recent Shows and Work
Adelaide Festival, Feb-March 2008 - Major retrospective Drawings, Prints, 1947–2007External links
- Daws's home page
- Artworks Feature: Lawrence Daws (Transcript of one hour interview), Artworks, ABC Radio NationalRadio NationalABC Radio National is an Australia-wide non-commercial radio network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Radio National broadcasts national programming in areas that include news and current affairs, the arts, social issues, science, drama and comedy...
, Sunday 18 May 2008. "One of the grand masters of the Australian art scene" - Julie Copeland. - Grafico Topico review of Lawrence Daws 1999 exhibition