Phil Stallard
Phil Stallard is an Australian abstract painter whose work grows out of a deep connection to Sydney’s waterways and landscapes. Across more than two decades of exhibitions, his paintings of Sydney Harbour, the Hawkesbury River and Australia’s high country have balanced abstraction and realism through bold colour, spontaneous mark-making and considered geometric composition, distilling memory and feeling into colour fields inhabited by personal gestures and urban references.
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New England, High Plains Cruising (SOLD)
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Hawkesbury beginning and ending – 122 x 183cm
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Manly Daze – 153x153cm
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River with a secret – 153x153cm
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Dyarubbin Stories – 153x153cm
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Delicious River (SOLD)
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No Diving – 200x100cm
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Cathedral Rock – 153x153cm
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Tamarama Lotus Eaters – 150x150cm
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Clovelly Swimming – 133x133cm
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Edge of the sea pool – 137x137cm
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Hat Head Zawn – 183x90cm
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Road to Dungog (Memories of Barrington Tops) – 122x92cm
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Hawkesbury Chimera – 155x75cm
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Dirt Road Haiku – 102x102cm
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River Ridge – 102x102cm
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Mangrove Morning, Imagining Dusk – 102x102cm
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Tao Ti Ching, Wisemans – 91x91cm
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Night in the Hawkesbury – 92x92cm
$ 4,900
"My latest abstractions are about places. I start with memory (often of the Hawkesbury River, a place I explored as a child) and the painting evolves. I paint colour fields that are inhabited with spontaneous gestures. These marks are highly personal, but I also appropriate visual ideas gleaned from the graffitied walls of the inner city and construction sites of the suburbs."
"I am also drawn to the emotive qualities of Sydney's waterways, but there is always the hum of the city in the background. The paintings connect me psychologically to nature; the emotions and dialogue are intuitive and convey a sense of belonging." Phil Stallard
Stallard's abstractions have spanned more than 15 years. His recent work combines spontaneous action painting with the landscape, exploring the interplay between abstraction, landscape and urban graffiti. It has a colouristic rigour and excitement that engages the viewer on many levels, and he is as comfortable with a spray can or a chisel as with a brush when making marks. He paints in oil on canvas.
"There is a 'total experience' in a Stallard painting, a similar notion that no part of the painting is bland, or subordinate, or to be passed over. Stallard's work is very painterly indeed. His oil-paint is applied with a fluid lushness, a sensuousness..." Peter Pinson
Phil Stallard has held successful solo exhibitions every year for more than 20 years in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, has exhibited internationally, and has completed many commissions.
"Stallard interprets the landscape as a fluid medium where personal references and memories are submerged to create colourist harmony. His paintings are reduced to distillations of memories. He uses motifs to signify events submerged in colour fields." Savah Hatzis
Phil Stallard commissions
If you are drawn to a particular work but need different dimensions for your space, private commissions are available, subject to Phil's schedule. He welcomes the chance to create bespoke pieces that keep his distinctive vision while suiting your room. Contact the gallery about available works or a commission, and see more abstract art from SOHO artists.