Recent work...

“Survivor II”

12 X 16

Dated 14/10/08 (actually 2007)

Bird in Scene-Port Lincoln Parrot

“Kakadu Scene”

Oil

10/10/07

bird in scene black-necked stork (jabiru)

Rex Sharrock, now in his 84th year, has been painting and celebrating the natural beauty of Australia’s landscapes for five decades.

Rex is a self-taught artist who learned his technique from his friendships with other painters, including the “Brushmen of the Bush” of Broken Hill.

His opus comprises several hundred oils and some early watercolors, depicting natural scenery from the verdant hills of eastern Victoria to the snow fields of Kiama and the rocky gorges of the Kimberleys.

In many paintings, Rex expresses his deep convictions concerning the interplay of plant and animal life and the importance of landscape as a spiritual resource. Human figures rarely appear in his paintings, requiring viewers to place themselves in an environment where they are alone, without social supports and the craziness of the artificial. In many paintings, a solitary bird draws the eye. A strong supporter of conservationism, he believes that his work has helped to preserve the value of natural landscape as scenery, regardless of its exploitation by farming, mining and commercial interests.

Rex lives in Cooranbong, NSW.

If you own a painting by Rex Sharrock, please send a digital image via email to the library, along with transcription of any notes on the back of the work or written by Rex in letters.