John Rigby

Landscapes of North Queensland

28th February - 25th March 2009

Queensland North Coast, Oil on Canvas, 91 x 102cm

John Rigby was born in Brisbane in 1922 and began exhibiting in 1954. He is well known for his Australian tropical and bush landscapes, genre and portraits which have been selected 24 times in the prestigious Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Rigby served as a Trustee for the Queensland Art Gallery for eighteen years, is represented in all major Australian galleries and for over a decade he inspired thousands of students at the Queensland College of Fine where he was the Art Senior Instructor. His paintings are bold, colourful, vibrant and extremely well executed.

Girl in Beanie, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30cm

Point Lookout, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30cm

North Coast, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 30cm

Hillside Farm, Oil on Canvas, 91 x 102cm

The Gorge, Tamborine Mountain, Oil on Canvas, 112 x 122cm

Evening Landscape, Oil on Canvas, 101.3 x 127cm

Blue Sail, Oil on Canvas, 122 x 122cm

Deadman's Beach, Stradbroke Island, Oil on Canvas, 101.5 x 76.3cm

Noosa National Park, Oil on Canvas, 91 x 102cm

Blue Lake, Oil on Canvas, 91.3 x 122cm

Farm with Cattle, Oil on Canvas, 84 x 92cm

St Bees Bay, North Queensland, Oil on Canvas, 76 x 91.5cm

St Bees Island, North Queensland, Oil on Canvas, 76.7 x 91.8cm

Palm Bay, Whitsundays, Acrylic on Canvas, 84 x 91.5cm

Palm Bay, Long Island, Acrylic on Canvas, 84 x 91.5cm

Landscape and Orange Trees, Oil on Canvas, 83.5 x 91.5cm

View from Noosa Lookout, Oil on Canvas, 84 x 91.5cm

Pathway, Whitsundays Queensland, Oil on Canvas, 83.5 x 90.3cm

Boats with Red Sky, Oil on Canvas, 76 x 76.2cm

Frenchman's Beach, Stradbroke Island, Oil on Canvas, 50.5 x 60.5cm

Samoan Mother and Child, Oil on Canvas, 76 x 61cm

White Sail, Palm Bay, Oil on Canvas, 51 x 61cm

Wild Coast, Oil on Canvas, 41 x 51cm

Patterned Hills, Oil on Canvas, 51 x 61cm

Palm Bay Resort, Whitsundays, Oil on Canvas, 51 x 61cm

Figures on a Beach, Oil on Canvas, 30.5 x 40.5cm

Coastal Dune, Oil on Canvas, 30.3 x 40.6cm