Tim Storrier

At 19 years of age in 1968, Tim Storrier won the coveted Sulman Prize – the youngest artist to ever do so.  His career had begun; in 1972 he spent 6 months as artist in residence, at Owen Tooth Memorial Cottage, Vence, France. In 1984 Tim again won the Sulman Prize.  More recently he has been awarded the Wynne Prize in 2011 for the best Australian landscape painting, and the Archibald Prize for his self-portrait in 2012.

For Storrier, devastation and restoration of material matters and in many ways humanity at large are an intriguing subject. Blaze lines or burning ropes and fire paintings evolved in Storrier’s work from the early 1980s and have become a signature element since then.

Splendor and decay, isolation and expansion are evocatively represented in diligent brushwork. The vastness and temperament of the Australian landscape is spread before the viewer. Magnificent star studded skies blanket the unforgiving yet beautiful land that is Australia.