Desley Rolph
Women from the Desert and their Stories
4-27 July 2008
Official opening 5-7pm Saturday 4 July
to be opened by Sandra Conte
Robyn Bauer, Desley Rolph and Sandra Conte with Desley's Self-Portrait
Desley Rolph will be presenting a solo show of her lyrical and evocative landscapes in the gallery in July 2008.
A resident of Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Rolph is an artist who has an intuitive and original response to the Australian landscape. Her mercurial interpretations of the spirituality and mystique of the wide spaces of Australian land have become highly collectible by art lovers in Australia and overseas.
Her energetic canvases are known for their rich luminous colours and surfaces and further engage the viewer with unusual compositions and her distinctive viewpoints. One can imagine soaring over the landscape from above like her trademark Min Min light figure. Rolph interprets this unusual natural phenomenon as a female spirit who floats about at night, revisiting sacred places or on a journey into the afterlife.
Rolph is the recipient of many awards and most recently in 2007 a work was selected as finalist in the prestigious Heysen Prize for Australian landscape. Her work is represented in collections throughout Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Europe.
She is currently working on a portrait of gold medal winning athlete Cathy Freeman.
Beautiful Black Swan, 100x120cm, oil on canvas, $5,700
Limited edition prints of this image are available
Behind the Fence, 45x45cm, oil on linen, $1,400
Beneath the Tree, 90x90cm, oil on canvas, $4,500
Calling the Light Messengers, 90x90cm, oil on canvas, $4,500
I Know She Lingers, 70x80cm, oil on canvas, $3,900
Limited edition prints of this image are available
Gathering Place, 90x90cm, oil on canvas, $4,500
Limited edition prints of this image are available