Artist’s Comment on ‘Simpson Desert’ (also known as ‘The Edge of the Simpson Desert’.) Oil on Linen. 1010 x 1520 mm. 1991. Private Collection. Extract from International Art Centre Auction Catalogue 2025. In 1990 I was invited to join the Headmaster and a party of senior teachers from Melbourne Grammar School on their annual four-wheel … Read more
Catalogue Description for ‘Back of the Mangatuas’. Oil on Linen. 305 x 662 mm. 2007. Private Collection. Extract from Art + Object Auction Catalogue 2017. Essay by Hamish Coney. Download PDF at bottom of this page. Grahame Sydney is a supreme articulator of the specificity of place. So many of his widescreen landscapes are not … Read more
An interview by Graham Beattie as featured in Webbs Auction Catalogue 2015. GB: Your paintings are al known for depicting Otago in one way or another. You obviously have a lifelong love affairs with the province. GCS: It all started with holidays in Arrowtown with families from our home neighbourhood when I was about 10 … Read more