ARTIST TALK // Graham Lupp

Hear from 2023 BRAGS Art Fair and BRAG collection artists each Saturday at 11am during the fair!

Join some of our region’s best artists as they discuss their work and practicing in the region.

Saturday 18 November — Jock Alexander
Saturday 25 November — Nic Mason
Saturday 2 December — Graham Lupp

The Art Fair is a fundraising exhibition for the gallery’s artistic program and collection, and is an exciting opportunity to support regional artists.

$5 donation, refreshments provided, RSVP essential, all welcome

About the Artist

"The historic Australian city of Bathurst, in New South Wales, is my hometown and my base. After five years of lecturing in the arts at what is now Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, in 1984 I decided to go painting full-time. The course of my career, dating from 1975, has seen over 50 solo exhibitions and over 30 group shows.

Although my art reflects an interest in a wide range of subjects, my early training in architecture is a lasting influence – not only in the portrayal of buildings, but in the carefully structured compositions I seek in my work. Of greater influence is the landscape around where I grew up, and a childhood spent fishing with my father. The enigma of the Australian bush, with its pervading overtone of the sublime, is a theme that continues to dominate my work, especially in this later stage of my career.

I delight working in most media, moving freely between oils, acrylics, gouache, watercolours and pastels. When drawing I prefer compressed charcoal or coloured pencils. When travelling I use pen and ink and watercolour. Whichever medium I choose, a rich variation in surface finish is something I consciously pursue.

As someone with a great respect for things handmade I also enjoy doing all my own framing. I use archival museum board, both to draw on and as matboards. For mouldings, I rout my own standard museum profiles using New Guinea rosewood, a renewable plantation timber. The frames are then sanded, stained and beeswax finished by hand." - Graham Lupp

About the Art Fair

An initiative of the Bathurst Regional Art Gallery Society Inc. (BRAGS Inc.), the 2023 BRAGS Art Fair is a fundraising exhibition for the gallery’s artistic programming and collection, featuring artworks for sale from both established artists and emerging talents.

Artworks are available to view and purchase in-gallery and online, in a curated display showcasing our region’s best contemporary art from artists based in the Bathurst Regional Council district and surrounding areas including the Blue Mountains, Lithgow, Oberon, Blayney, Cowra, Orange and Mudgee. Explore works in a range of mediums including painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, and more.

Images: Graham Lupp, Bridle Track Afternoon, pastel on museum board, 55 x 66 cm. $1,950. Image courtesy the artist, Graham Lupp. Image courtesy the artist.