A new monograph on Euan Macleod - one of Australia's most significant artists - has recently been released. 'Euan Macleod: The painter in the painting' by Gregory O'Brien has been published by Piper Press.

A touring exhibition of Macleod's work is currenlty taking place. 'Surface Tension : the art of Euan Macleod 1991 - 2009'. It is currenlty at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney.

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Collectors interested in the series of screenprints that Sidney Nolan published with Marlborough Graphics in the 1970's may be interested to know that we have new to stock a print from the first series which is sometimes know as the 'Kelly 1' series. The Nolan screenprint is called 'Siege at Glenrowan' and can be viewed by clicking on the 'Sidney Nolan' thumbail in the stockroom.

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We have received a wonderful batch of Leunig prints and paintings on paper into stock and will be adding images to the website over the next few days. These include some very rare lithographs and early prints!

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I am very happy to announce that I have three new paintings by Michael Leunig available. 'Act of kindness', 'Meeting of minds' and 'Holy Fool with ducks' can be seen in the paintings section of the Leunig page in the stockroom/artists section of the website.

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We have just had the Sidney Nolan work 'Kelly at twilight' re-framed in Jarrah and it has come up wonderfully. If you are interested in seeing an image of the Nolan in its frame please e-mail justin@artloft.com.au

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One of my favourite works by Michael Leunig has just been made available for sale. 'The Pianist' was painted live on stage by Leunig during a tour with the Australia Chamber Orchestra. This work can be seen in the 'Paintings on Paper' section of the Leunig page in the stockroom.

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Welcome to 2010!

I have been negotiating the sale of a significant collection of Australian works on paper which is currently located in Singapore. Works by Arthur Boyd, John Olsen, Michael Leunig and Arthur Boyd are included. I will be adding these works to the website over the next month. Please e-mail me if you would like a preview.

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Just a quick note to let my clients know that I have a complete set of the 4 Brett Whiteley 'Palm Tree' series of screenprints available for sale at the moment. Whiteley produced this set in 1975. You can view them by going to the 'Brett Whiteley' page in the artists list or stockroom page.

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Tim Maguire has spent the last few years exploring new territories in regards to the making of original prints. His series of digital pigment prints combine recent technological advances in printmaking with his innate skill as an artist in making the plates that are the basis for these works. Here is a brief description of how these stunning artworks are made:

Tim Maguire produces these works in Paris - they are original prints - no photographic reproduction of a painting is involved. The first step involves the hand painting by the artist of several clear plates - these relate to a single colour value in the printing process. These plates are then scanned into a printer where the images are superimposed and assigned various colour values by the artist. The resulting image is then printed using high quality digital pigment inks and archival quality paper. The works are then editioned and signed by Maguire.

Two new works - 'Berries and Sky' and 'Poppies II' deserve special attention. Each work is 120 x 180 in size - the sense of scale achieved is similar to Maguire's large paintings but the textual qualities of the paper are unique to these pieces. The numbered edition is limited to 10 of each work.

If you are interested in viewing these works in person in Sydney please let me know.

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If you are interested in collecting John Olsen's classic series of 'Frog' prints you will be pleased to know that he has released two new beautiful coloured etchings - 'Lily Pond' and 'Lily Pond 2'. These works can be seen in the John Olsen section of the stockroom.

I am interested in selling earlier Olsen works from the 'Frog' series so please let me know if you have any that you are contemplating putting up for sale - any other works by Olsen would of course also be of interest!

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