Larry Mitchell - Artist - Seascape Paintings

Western Australian Artist Larry Mitchell’s paintings leave people in rapture. He has a renowned ability to create beautiful seascape paintings that make viewers feel as if they could dive into the waters of his Australian Abrolhos Island series or simply gasp at the majesty of the Kimberley landscapes, along with a long list of idyllic locations.

Larry Mitchell has been a full-time artist since 1997 travelling to remote places around the world and exhibiting both nationally and internationally. His work is held in collections including Barings Bank London. Rupert Murdoch, Fremantle Art Centre and private collections in Australia, UK, USA, Europe and Japan.

Larry Mitchell’s “1 Degree Centigrade Project” has seen him document Island areas of the Indian Ocean as they are now, as he has seen the effects of globalisation and climate change in these areas and is using this project to spread environmental awareness.

Larry Mitchell - Artist Biography

Australian Larry Mitchell Artist is a master at painting the ocean. His stunning seascape art works of the Abrolhos Islands are highly collectable, and in much demand, and is the series that many recognise Larry Mitchell for painting. Also well known for his incredible oil on canvas paintings of areas such as West Kimberley, WA; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Mentawies, Indonesia; Margaret River Region and the Antarctic. He has exhibited locally and nationally, his recent exhibition took him to the USA. JahRoc Galleries have been agents for Larry Mitchell paintings for over 13 years, and have arranged numerous commissions for customers who have requested a particular area/scene to be painted by Larry Mitchell.

Contact JahRoc Galleries to arrange a commissioned painting by Larry Mitchell Artist

Larry Mitchell - Curriculum Vitae

• DATE OF BIRTH:  10 October 1953
• PLACE OF BIRTH:  Northampton,  Western Australia
• ART EDUCATION:  Self-taught

Positions

• 1976-1987 Art Teacher at St Patricks College, Geraldton
• 989-1992 Lecturer at various TAFE Colleges in Perth district
• 1989          Artist-in-Residence at All Saints College, Bullcreek
• 1997          Full Time Artist

Travel

• 1977-1978  Pacific Islands
• 1987-1988  Europe and resided in UK for one year
• 1990           Europe & UK
• 1994           UK
• 1999           Europe & UK
• 2001           USA & UK
• 2002           Europe & UK
• 2003           Europe & UK
• 2004           Asia, Europe & UK
• 2005           Hong Kong
• 2006           UK, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
• 2007           Louisiade Archipelago (PNG)
• 2008          Rowley Shoals, Italy & UK
• 2010           West Papua, Rajat Ampat, Spice Islands & Mentawi Islands
• 2011           Sumatra, Antarctica & South America
• 2012          Indonesia, Bismark Sea & Sepik River, Mentawi Islands
• 2013          West Papua New Guinea

Awards and Prizes

• 1975   Geraldton Art Award
• 1977   Cultural Trust Landscape Prize
• 1979   Sunshine Festival Oil Award
• 1980   Sunshine Festival Oil Award
  • Sunshine Festival Watercolour Award
• 1981   Melville Purchase Award
  • Canning Art Award
• Commendation Wynne Prize,  New South Wales
• 1982   Sunshine Festival Watercolour Award
• 1985   WA Cultural Trust Prize for Oil Painting
• 1990   Melville Art Award
• 2000  Finalist Wynne Prize,  Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Finalist Fleurieu Prize, Art Gallery of South Australia

 

Exhibitions

• 1979   
  • Signature Gallery, WA
  • Way '79 Anniversary Exhibition
• 1983   
  • One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
• Fremantle Drawing Survey Exhibition
• WA Week Exhibition
• 1984   
  • WA Arts Council Touring Exhibition
• Canberra Times Exhibition,  Canberra
• 1985   
  • One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
• 1988   
  • One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
  • Royal Society Touring Exhibition
• 1990   
  • Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
  • Agnews Gallery, London
  • One man exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
• 1991   
  • Fremantle Art Centre
  • One man exhibition, Geraldton Art Gallery

• 1992   
  • One man exhibition, Perth Gallery
  • Fremantle Art Centre 20th Birthday Exhibition
• 1994   
  • "Best of Australia" Exhibition, Hong Kong
• 1995   
  • "Best of Australia" Exhibition, Hong Kong
• 1996   
  • One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
• 1997   
  • One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
• 1998   
  • One man exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
• 2000   
  • Festival of Perth - Ballet on Show, Stafford Gallery, WA
  • Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of  NSW
  • Catanachs  Gallery, Broome
  • Solo Exhibition Stafford Gallery, WA
  • Finalist Fleurieu Prize, Adelaide, SA - Touring Exhibition
• 2002  
  • Represented by Hespe Gallery, San Francisco
  • Solo Exhibition Stafford Gallery, WA
• 2003  
  • Fremantle 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre
  • "Fires On" Festival of Perth Exhibition, Stafford Gallery, WA
  • Solo Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
  • WA Contemporary Art Fair, Perth, WA

• 2004  
  • "On the Wall" Art Fair, London, UK
  • Business Design Centre, London
  • Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
• 2005  
  • Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
• 2006  
  • Exhibition Yallingup Gallery, WA
  • Blackheath Gallery, London
  • Represented James Corliss, London
• 2007 
  • Represented  vessel "True North"
  • "Project Abrolhos" JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
  • Proposed exhibition, Blackheath Gallery, London
• 2009  
  • "Project West Kimberley" JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
  • Exhibition for Form Gallery, Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery
  • Yallingup Gallery, WA
• 2010  
  • Linton and Kay Gallery
  • Yallingup Gallery

• 2011    
  • "Margaret River Project" JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River
• 2012    
  • "Pilbara Project" Form Galleries
• 2014    
  • Travel Archives related to "1 Degree C" Project acquired by the Nevada Museum of Art, Center for Culture and Enviromnent, USA.
•  2014-1015    
  • Ongoing project titled "1 Degree C" from 1998-2014.
  • Exhibition at Nevada Museum of Art running from November 2014 to July 2015.
• 2015    
  • "1 Degree C Project" 2015 Release, JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River
• 2017   
  • "North & South" JahRoc Gallery, Margaret River

Collections

• Barings Bank, London
• R & I Bank (Bankwest)
• Weld Club Collection
• Art Gallery of WA - Geraldton
• Private Collections in Australia, UK, USA, Europe and Japan
• Fremantle Art Centre
• Rupert Murdoch
• Nevada Museum of Art, USA
• Mirvac Fini
• Apache Energy

Publications

• 1999   "Abrolhos Island Conversations" - Fremantle Art Centre Press
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• (1999 WA Premiers Award)

Publicity and Reviews

• 1990  
  • Saturday Observer / London
• 1991    
  • ABC Radio/ Perth
  • Art and Australia
• 2000  
  • Weekend Australian
• 2002   
  • Art Scene WA
• 2003   
  • Scoop Magazine
• 2004   
  • Icon Magazine/London
  • Time Out Magazine/London
  • The West Australian/numerous times since 1982
• 2006   
  • Insite Magazine Artist's Profile
• 2008  
  • Out There "Sky West" Magazine
  • The West Australian/numerous times since 1988
• 2014  
  • Work to be featured on "Coast Australia - Series 2" to be shown on Foxtel History channel in 2015 as well as BBC, UK in the same year