The River - Paintings by Ben Laycock
The Art Vault - Mildura
Opening Wednesday July 20th - Closing August 7th
Belonging - Does the land belong to us or do we belong to the land?
An expedition in search of the soul of the earth
Landscapes by Ben Laycock
Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space
above Stonemans Bookroom in Hargraeves St
Hours 10 - 6 during The Castlemaine Fringe Festival
Opening Thursday 31st March at 8 o'clock (not 6) closing - 9th April 2011
Bridge hand coloured colograph 30x40cm 2009
La Madrugada Gouache & pastel on paper 20x30cm 2010
Long Creek Oil on canvas 1x1.5m 2010
Diamond Gorge hand coloured etching 15x20cm 2010
Pink River Oil on canvas 1x1.2m 2010
Autumn Salon Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th February 2011 Lot19 Langslow St Castlemaine
Hours 12-4
http://www.lot19art.com/
Glenlyon Sculpcha Show
till November 7th 2011
10-4 everyday
CASPA COLLECTIVE CONCIUOSNESS
Paintings by members of The Caspa Collective
Candy Stevens
Yodhi Bergman
Robyn Walton
Ben Laycock
Opening Friday 8th October
Closing end of October
Castlemaine Contemporary Art Spaceabove Stonemans BookroomHargraves Street CastlemaineCentral VictoriaHours 10-5 everydayhttp://www.caspagallery.blogspot.com/
Taradale Bridge gouche & Pastel on Paper 20x30cm 2010
Rock Pool gouche & Pastel on Paper 30x40cm 2010
Chambers Gorge Gouche on Paper 30x40cm 2010
Cape Conran Gouche on Paper 30x40cm 2010
Barmah Stump Gouche on Paper 30x20cm 2010
Autumn Salon Lot19 Gallery Langslow St Castlemaine17th April - 2nd May 2010Open Saturdays & Sundays & Anzac day 12-4
Conflagration Oil on Canvas 133x133cm 2010
Portrait Without a Sitter
Chairs made by artists as portraits
-till February 5th at CASPA above Stonemans Bookroom
in Castlemaine Central Victoria
Saint Vinnie Ben laycock
Portrait of Vincent
Crimea River
Recent oil paintings Phee Broadway FoyerMechanics LnCastlemaineWednesday 18th November - December 4th 2009
More of the SamePaintingsPrintsDrawingsFor those who missed out on the Festival show because they were too busy partying!July 3 at 6 oclock at CASPA above Stoneman's Bookroom Hargraves st Castlemaine Central Victoria Australia10 - 5 dailyPh: 0401338284Open Studioabove Stonemans BookroomCorner of Mostyn and Hargraves Streets Castlemaine Central Victoria Australiaduring the Castlemaine Fringe Festival Friday March 27 - Sunday April 5 2009Hours 10-5 everyday
Glenlyon Annual Sculpture ShowOpening Saturday 25 October 6pmClosing November 410 - 5 EverydayGlenlyon Shire Hall Barkly St GlenlyonESTUARY 2Recent Paintings Drawings & PrintsOpening Tuesday NOVEMBER 11 at 6 oclock
Closing November 30 2008
CASTLEMAINE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE
Half Pool oil on canvas 60x80cm 2008
Fingal Beach Gouache & pastel on paper 30x50cm 2007
Sandy Spit Gouache on Paper 40x60cm 2007
August 14 - 31 2008 Brightspace St.Kilda
ESTUARY - The river rushes headlong down the mountain. when it hits the plain it
starts to wonder. By the time it nears the coast it is meandering in all directions, searching blindly for an outlet to the sea. the pounding surf has built a bulwark of sand that blocks the way. the river turns in on itself, gathering in eddies and pools and bilabongs, swamps, marshes, wetlands, bog. The river rises, breaches the wall and rushes out into the open sea. the tide floods in. the river and the sea dancing around each other in arabesques and curliques.
Above it all, perched on a rock, sits the artist, with a sketchbook in his lap and a pencil in his hand.
Blue Lake Gouache & Pastel on Paper 30x60cm 2008
Escarpment Oil on Canvas 60x90cm 2006
Blue Water Oil on Canvas 60x50cm 2008
Bird's Eye Oil on Canvas 60x90cm 2007
May 10 - May 31 2008 Castlemaine Contemporary Art Space
Abstract Art from the Archives
Untitled Pastel on Paper 60x80cm 2005
Untitled Oil on Canvas 60x80cm 1999
Untitled Oil on Canvas 60x80cm 1999
Untitled Gouache on Paper 30x40cm 2004
Untitled Gouache on Paper 40x60cm 1999
AGUA PROFUNDA -Painting the Invisible
August 2006 Brightspace St.Kilda
When we look into the water we see the world around us or we see the bottom ofthe pool, but the water itself is invisible.I have lived in the bush and painted the bush pretty well all my life, except for a twelve year stint in St.Kilda, but even then, firmly ensconced in the built environment, the source of my art has been the natural world. In these ominous times of global warming, resource depletion and mass extinctions, creating environmental art becomes a political act of vital importance. The anthropocentric naval gazing that so fascinates the art world nowadays - exploring every nuance of the minuete of human existence ad nuseum -is a conceit we indulge in at our peril. It's time to get out of our heads, get out of our cities and start to empathise with the world around us before its too late.
Squiggly River Oil on Canvas 1x2m 2006
Weeping Willow Oil on Canvas 60x120cm 2006
Ant Hills Pastel on paper 60x80cm 2006
Green Pool Pastel on Paper 60x80cm 2006
Groundcover Pencil on Paper 60x60cm 2006
Gariwerd Pastel on Paper 30x40cm 2004
Dry Creek Pencil on Paper 60x80cm 2005
Cape Schank Pastel on Paper 50x50cm 2005
Snake River Pencil and Oil on Canvas 1x2 Metres 2006
Kow Swamp Pastel on Paper 60x80cm 2004
The Yarra at Warrandyte Pastel on Paper 60x100cm 2006
