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Peter Gouldthorpe The Green World 2007
oil on canvas
91 x 122cm
$5,500
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Jerico - The Promise of Spring 2007
oil on canvas
91 x 121cm
$5,500
SOLD

     
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Summer on the Derwent 2007
oil on canvas
51 x 102cm
$4,000

     
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Channel Country 2007
oil on canvas
76 x 61cm
$4,000

     
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The River, The City, The Bush 2007
oil on canvas
61 x 76
$4,000

     
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Fagus Time at Cradle 2007
oil on canvas
60 x 60cm
$3,500
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Snow in the Forest 2007
oil on canvas
51 x 61cm
$3,500
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Cape Deslacs 2007
oil on canvas
61 x 51cm
$3,500

     
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Front Coming - Cape Bruny 2007
oil on canvas
30 x 76cm
$3,500

     
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Channel Idyll 2007
oil on canvas
30 x 76cm
$3,500

     
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Summer at South Arm 2007
oil on canvas
38 x 76cm
$3,500

     
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Offshore - Schouten Island 2007
oil on canvas
31 x 76cm
$3,500

     
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Sour Times - Lemon Springs 2007
oil on canvas
30 x 76cm
$3,500
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Wind Easing, Cape Bruny
Oil on canvas
39 x 75cm
CGP026

     
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Typical Day - Cradle Valley 2007
oil on canvas
31 x 61cm (diptych)
$3,000

     
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Captain Kelly's Cottage 2007
oil on canvas
51 x 51cm
$2,600

     
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Sea Breeze - Cape Deslacs 2007
oil on canvas
40 x 50cm
$2,300

     
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Autumn in the Hopfields 2007
oil on canvas
41 x 51cm
$2,300
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Waldhiem 2007
oil on canvas
31 x 31cm
$1,800
SOLD

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peter gouldthorpe

 
born

1954
1974 moved to Tasmania
Lives and works in Hobart

 
studies and travel
 
1996-06

Australia & South-East Asia as speaker to Writer's Festivals, Conferences, Universities

2001

Cite des Artes International, Paris

1999 USA

1975-86

Part-time teacher painting, drawing,printmaking Devonport & Launceston Technical Colleges

1971-72 East Sydney Technical College
 
publications
 
books written and illustated
 

- Peter Gouldthorpe The Child's Guide To Tasmania; A Travelling Companion Regal Press, Launceston, 1989
- Peter Gouldthorpe Jonah and the Manly Ferry -Methuen, 1983, 1986,Sound Recording for Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind,1990, Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind 1 volume of print and Braille, 1993.

 

trade picture books illustrated

 

- Corrine Fenton Queenie Black Dog Books 2006 Reprinted 2006
- Colin Thiele Pannikin & Pinta Lothian Books, 2000. Children's Book Council of Australia, Shortlisted Young Readers category 2001.
- John Marsden Norton's Hut Lothian Books, 1998. Reprinted 1998.
- Children's Book Council of Australia, Notable Book 1999.
- Gary Crew The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie Lothian Books, 1995. Children's Book Council of Australia, Notable Book 1996.
- Libby Hathorn The Wonder Thing Viking, 1995. U.S. edition,Houghton & Mifflin, 1995. Children's Book Council of Australia, Notable Book 1996 .
- Gary Crew First Light Lothian Books, 1993/4.Winner, Children's Book Council of Australia, Picture Book of the Year 1994 . U.S.Edition, Gareth Stevens Publishing,1996 . I.B.B.Y. Book 1995.
- Paul Jennings Grandad's Gifts Rigby Heinemann-1991, Viking-1992, Picture Puffin-1994, Children's Book Council of Australia, Shortlisted Book 1993 (Viking edition ).Reprinted 1993,97
- C.J.Dennis Hist! Walter McVitty Books,1991,2. Children's Book Council of Australia,Honour Book 1992. Picture Puffin edition 1995.
- Jack Bedson Sheep Dogs Walter McVitty Books, 1990. Picture Puffin edition 1995. Japanese Edition 1996.
- Ethel Turner Walking to School Collins, 1987. U.S. Edition Orchard Books,1988. Paperback edition Lothian Books,1994
- Jack Bedson Don't Get Burnt Methuen , 1985,6,7,

 
educational books illustrated
 

- Mark Carthew & others Blends, Ends and Rhymes Addison, Wesley,Longman,1999. 26 titles and 1 Big book
- David Drew Inside Me Longman, 1998.
- James Maloney The Snake Man After Dark Series, Lothian, 1998. German edition, Wien-Stuttgart,1999.
- Sue Robinson The Cannibal Virus After Dark Series, Lothian, 1998. German edition, Wien-Stuttgart, 1999
- David Metzenthen Fort Island Puffin, 1998. Reprinted 1998,9-2000,1
- David Drew Will Wright Longman, 1998.
- David Drew Skeleton Longman, 1997
- David Drew Designasaurs Rigby Heinemann, 1995. Big book.
- David Drew Clever Island Rigby Heinemann, 1993. U.S. edition 1994. Big book.
- David Drew The Paper Skyscraper Rigby Heinemann, 1992. Big book.
- David Drew Gas Giants and Small Worlds Thomas Nelson, 1989, Big Books.
- Maurice Saxby & Glenys Smith Star Quality,The Lighter Side,In Transit Thomas Nelson, 1988.
- Maurice Saxby & Glenys Smith Winners and Losers Methuen Dimensions1 Series,1987

 
cover illustrations
 

- Carole Wilkinson Ramoses Series 3 covers, 2000-1
- Fast Track Series , Rigby, 5 covers, 2000
- Colin Thiele Wendy's Whale 1999
- Paul Jennings Unseen 1998 Undone, Unmentionable, Uncanny, Unbelievable, Unreal, Uncovered, Unbearable and Quirky Tales 1999
- Robin Klien Games, People Might Hear You, Seeing Things , Laurie Loved Me Best
- Elizabeth Jolley The George's Wife
- Gary Crew Angel's Gate
- Anthony Hill The Grandfather Clock
- Tim Wynne-Jones The Flight of Burl Crow
- Dyan Blacklock Pankration
- Deborah Lisson Red Hugh

 
exhibitions
 
2007

Art Melbourne 07 Colville Gallery, Melbourne
Gallery Artists 2nd Anniversary Show Colville Gallery, Hobart

2006

Anniversary Gallery Artists Show

2006 2 Dog Night, Colville Street Art Gallery, Hobart
2006

en plien air, Huon Art Group

2005

Colville Street Art Gallery

2004

‘Barking Up The Wrong Tree' Sydney, Hobart and Melbourne. Curated by Mori Gallery, Sydney

2000

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery , exhibition of Lost Diamonds of Killiekrankie

1999

Latrobe Regional Gallery, Vic. exhibition with three other illustrators, August-September
1999

Retrospective Dromkeen, Vic

1998

Fremantle Children's Literature Centre, W.A. exhibition of Norton's Hut originals

1998

Books Illustrated, Port Melbourne . exhibition of Norton's Hut originals and retrospective.

1996

Fremantle Arts Centre, W.A. The Lost Diamonds of Killiecrankie and The Wonder Thing

1998-00

Over Here- Down Under Work included in travelling exhibition of U.S. and Aus. illustrators. Touring U.S.A.

1995-96

Waverly City Gallery, Hobart Museum and Art Gallery and regional galleries in Victoria and N.S.W. “Ways of Seeing - A Graphic Insight”. An exhibition of selected authors and illustrators, works and interviews

1994

Fremantle Arts Centre, W.A. First Light

1994

Westpac Gallery and regional galleries throughout Victoria and N.S.W. An exhibition of works from picture books short-listed by the Children's Book Council of Australia

1993

National Gallery, Canberra , A.C.T. “The Art of Illustration”- group exhibition of Australian illustrators, past and present who use/d the medium of lino-cuts

1992

Books Illustrated, Port Melbourne, Vic Hist! and Grandad's Gifts

1990

Gallery Cimitiere, Launceston Sheep Dogs and earlier titles

1989 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery , Launceston Solo exhibition
1988

“Koalas, Kookaburras and Kangaroos” - A travelling exhibition of Australian illustrations, 1857 to 1988. Bologna , London , Sydney

1987 Cockatoo Gallery, Launceston, Paintings and Drawings
1985

Manly Art Gallery , Manly, N.S.W. Work from Jonah and the Manly Ferry and Don't Get Burnt

1983

Museum of Early Childhood, Paddington, N.S.W. Jonah and the Manly Ferry

1976,79,81 Little Gallery, Devonport, Paintings and Drawings
1975

Little Gallery, Devonport, Tas. B&W Drawings

 

Also exhibited in group shows at The Bowerbank Mill, Deloraine, Gallery, Cimitiere & Crohill Gallery, Launceston, Chameleon Gallery, Freeman Gallery & The Long Gallery, Hobart

 
commissions
 
2006

Art in Public Places Queenstown Hospital
Artist in Public Building Scheme May Shaw Health Centre, Swansea

2005

Royal Hobart Hospital , Transitional Care Unit,Level 2 Davey Street, Trompe L'oeil paintings throughout level

2005

Oatlands District High, Arts in Public Buildings Commission, Library installation of 11 3D “Books”

2004

Flinders Island Museum , Trompe L'oeil of the Hermitage at Emitta

2004

North Hobart Veterinary Clinic, Trompe L'oeil corner of Elizabeth and Tasma Streets, Hobart

2003

The Mercury, Tompe L'oeil in the Mercury building, Hobart

2002

Australia Post, Four stamps featuring the “Dan Ships” for The Australian Antarctic Territories

2001

Aurora Energy, Trompe L'oeil in Dennison Lane, South Hobart

2001

Hobart City Council, Trompe L'oeil in Little Arthur Street, North Hobart

1997

Australia Post, Stamp Picture Sheet, “Creatures of the Night” featuring six stamps of native animals
Artists in Public Buildings Scheme, Allanvale College and Summerdale Primary School both in Launceston, Wynyard High School and Hobart General Hospital.

 
awards, grants
 
2007

Queenie Honour Book Childrens Book Council of Australia Annual Awards

2002

Arts Tasmania Wilderness Residency at Lake St. Clair

2001

Short-listed, Children's Book Council of Australia, Young Readers Category

1996

Book Illustrators Grant recipient, Australia Council

1995

I.B.B.Y. Award for book “First Light” (International Best Books for Youth)

1994

Winner, Children's Book Council of Australia, Picture Book Category

1993

Short-listed, Children's Book Council of Australia, Picture Book Category

1992

Honour Book, Children's Book Council of Australia, Picture Book Category

1990

Artists In Schools Project, Burnie High School

1989

T.A.A.B.Special Project Grant

1984 T.A.A.B. Arts Based Industry Grant
1979 Tasmanian Art Prize, Burnie
 
bibliography
 
Andersch, Joerg Modern look at landscape The Mercury
 
collections
 

Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
Queen Victoria Museum & Art Gallery
Devonport City Gallery
Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston
C.S.I.R.O. Marine Laboratories, Hobart
Fremantle Children's Literature Centre, W.A.
Lu Rees Archives, A.N.U., Canberra
Museum of Early Childhood, Paddington, N.S.W.
Dromkeen Collection, Riddles Creek, Vic.
Australia Post Philatelic Collection, Melbourne.

private collections throughout Australia

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