Paintings of Perth

By Jeremy Holton

Perth in Western Australia is a lovely city set on a wide river and the Indian Ocean. Internationally renowned artist Jeremy Holton has captured the City of Perth in the series of paintings displayed in this book. They are combined with the artist's notes written at the time of painting which tell the reader more about Perth and his feelings about the City.

The book will be of interest to art lovers everywhere and especially residents of Perth, visitors and those who dream of coming to this exciting city on the edge of a vast and empty continent.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jeremy Holton
• Release date: Jan 22, 2011
• ISBN: 9781458001245

Jeremy Holton

After graduating as a BSc in England, Jeremy worked as a Town Planner in the UK, a Geologist in East Africa and Australia, an Information Technology executive in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth and subsequently a management consultant. He works mainly in his studio in Mount Helena but he also has a an arts guesthouse in NE Thailand on Mekong River and the Lao border. Thailand-painting-holidays.com He studied for the Diploma of Art at the Claremont School of Art, in Perth, and in 1994 he held his first solo exhibition of Pilbara landscapes at Woodside Petroleum in Perth and Karratha. Since then he has had highly successful annual exhibitions at galleries in Perth and exhibited in Broome, Yallingup, Mandurah, Adelaide, Melbourne, Cairns, UK and the USA. His paintings have been used in several books, CDs and magazines for publishers including the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Michigan University Press, the New York Art Guide and Palette Magazine. Jeremy’s influences include Lloyd Rees, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Klimt, the Fauves, Lucian Freud, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Brett Whitely, Chagall, Garry Shead, Fred Williams, Stanley Spencer and Paula Rego . His work is always innovative and with an enthusiasm and passion for art he concurrently develops several themes both painterly and conceptual. Jeremy’s paintings are characterised by movement, colour and wit. Jeremy's work is represented in many private and public collections, both in Australia and internationally. In March 1995 he established the first Internet art gallery in Australia, at http://www.peachtreegallery.com. The gallery is included in the National Archives with copies of it taken annually. It contains images of over 700 of Jeremy’s paintings, with free downloadable posters of many and exhibition catalogues. You can view a video of Jeremy’s recent exhibition opening, join his mailing list and chat with Jeremy at the web site. Jeremy has a small gallery at his studio in Mount Helena and visitors are always welcome, just give him a ring first to make sure that he is in. Contact details: Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+JeremyHoltonartist, email [e-mail] mobile/text message: Australia 0411 580 903, phone [phone], Skype, Yahoo, Facebook Flickr and Twitter user name jeremyholton, Blog http://jeremyholton.blogspot.com/

Book preview

Introduction to ‘Paintings of Perth by Jeremy Holton’

This is one of a series of books showing the work of Western Australian Artist, Jeremy Holton. They include paintings from a 20 year period which are currently in collections around the world. The subjects vary from Western Australian landscapes, flowers, nude studies to lyrical works of fantasy.

We hope that you enjoy the series both as works of art and for the information they contain. The rest of the series will be available as they are completed from the publisher’s web site or from http://www.jeremyholton.com.

Artist’s notes:

Most of the works in this book were painted while I was working as a management consultant in IT for the Ernst and Young, Chartered Accounting firm (the story of my life so far is shown at the end of the book). My office was high above the city and I felt trapped in a business suit. Some of the paintings tell that story.

On our way

The Narrows Bridge joins the City of Perth to South Perth and carries the freeway which takes you right down the coast