ON ISLAND NOW
There is nothing as complex, as potentially self-reflexive, or as joyful as the building of an art collection. For 40 years, the Bett Gallery has supported building collections that feature Tasmania’s most relevant, challenging and committed artists. This exhibition—On Island NOW—introduces new works by 19 artists currently represented in the State’s collection, and exhibited as part of On Island at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
If On Island highlights the quality of our public collection, On island NOW illuminates the qualities of collectivity itself, offering prescient insight into the necessity for institutions to sustain a healthy Tasmanian arts ecology beyond their own programming. Witnessing the works of our premier artists, simultaneously across two of the island’s important gallery spaces, is an opportunity to understand a bigger picture: a picture—collected, collated and curated as On Island NOW— that celebrates Tasmania’s unique arts ecosystem from the smallest collections to the largest. On Island NOW promotes longevity, sustainability and collaboration as imperatives for our flourishing future. In being diversely represented and deeply moved by our collections, we recognise that none of us is truly an island.
Imants Tillers
Julie Gough
Valerie Sparks
David Keeling
Raymond Arnold
Ricky Maynard
Rob O’Connor
Kelly Austin
Belinda Winkler
Megan Walch
Amanda Davies
Michael Schlitz
Pat Brassington
David Stephenson
Richard Wastell
Philip Wolfhagen
Neil Haddon
Ashlee Murray
Vanessa Greeno
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Raymond ArnoldWimmera Red Gum Relic , 2025unique state print, paper mounted on aluminium111 x 86 cm (sheet size)AU$ 8,500.00 -
Raymond Arnold & Ian WestacottWimmera Red Gum Relic , 2025etching on paper60 x 43 cm (image size), 79.5 x 62.5 cm (frame size)edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 2,500.00 + framing
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Kelly AustinUntitled 1, 2025ceramic50 x 22 x 1 cm (overall size)Reserved
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Kelly AustinConvergence 3, 2024ceramics, glaze, collected earthen materials, glass, timber, acrylic paint70 x 42 x 40 cm (overall size)AU$ 2,900.00
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Pat BrassingtonAnother way, 2025pigment print80 x 62 cmedition of 6 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 7,700.00 + framing
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Amanda DaviesPremaydena Studio (after A Burial at Ornans), 2025oil on linen, framed31 x 41 cm (stretcher size)Sold
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Julie GoughDenuded, 2025archival pigment print on Canson rag paper50 x 75 cm (image size)edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 5,000.00 + FRAMING
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Julie GoughUnsettled, 2025archival pigment print on Canson rag paper50 x 75 cm (image size)edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 5,000.00 + FRAMING
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Vanessa GreenoPakana water carrier, 2025bull kelp, tea tree, river reed8 x 12 x 36 cmSold
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Vanessa GreenoPakana necklace - runa truwana, 2025black crow, toothie & green maireener shells196 cm (overall length)AU$ 3,400.00
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Neil HaddonFlowers from Gauguin (covert), 2025oil on aluminium panel70 x 65 cmSold
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Neil HaddonFlowers from Gauguin (loop and stretch), 2025oil on aluminium panel122 x 110 cmSold
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David KeelingOld Pine - Ratho, 2025oil on board, framed18 x 13 cm (board size)Sold
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David KeelingRichardson's Beach remembered, 2025oil on linen on board, framed30.5 x 30.5 cm (board size)AU$ 5,000.00
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David KeelingRatho sunrise, 2025acrylic and oil on board, framed26 x 20 cm (board size)Sold
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David Keeling..with views to Kunyanyi, 2025oil on board30 x 19 x 5 cm (overall size)AU$ 5,000.00
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David KeelingNight fall, 2025oil on board32 x 19 x 5 cm (overall size)AU$ 5,000.00
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David KeelingA-frame with water views, 2025oil on board30 x 19 x 5 cm (overall size)AU$ 5,000.00
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Ricky MaynardJamie - Saddened Were the Hearts of Many Men, 2015silver gelatin print on paper45 x 45 cm (image size) 50.8 x 60.9 cm (paper size)edition of 10 plus 3 artist's proofsPOA
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Ricky MaynardGig - Saddened Were the Hearts of Many Men, 2015silver gelatin print on paper45 x 45 cm (image size) 50.8 x 60.9 cm (paper size)edition of 10 plus 3 artist's proofsPOA
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Ricky MaynardMick - Saddened Were the Hearts of Many Men, 2015silver gelatin print on paper45 x 45 cm (image size) 50.8 x 60.9 cm (paper size)edition of 10 plus 3 artist's proofsPOA
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Ricky MaynardKerry - Saddened Were the Hearts of Many Men, 2015silver gelatin print on paper45 x 45 cm (image size) 50.8 x 60.9 cm (paper size)edition of 10 plus 3 artist's proofsPOA
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Ashlee MurrayPakana necklace , 2024132 king maireener shells94 cm (overall length) 3 cm (average shell length)AU$ 12,000.00
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Robert O'ConnorWhen my haters pity me, then I will have won (after Uno Catani), 2024oil on canvas92 x 82 cm (stretcher size)Sold
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Robert O'ConnorA Pall of Smut (signed Norman Lindsay), 2024oil on canvas82 x 82 cm (stretcher size)AU$ 3,600.00
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Robert O'ConnorAll my problems are my own making [Psalms 38, 8-12], 2024oil on canvas, silcone cast polyurethane frame40 x 50 x 3 cm (overall size)AU$ 1,600.00
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Robert O'ConnorBlack Milk (after Paul Celan), 2024oil on canvas122 x 92 cm (stretcher size)AU$ 4,800.00
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Michael SchlitzA basket of dream, 2025woodcut print on kozo paper97 x 121 cmedition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 3,200.00 + framing
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Michael SchlitzDeath and the maiden, 2025woodcut print on kozo paper98 x 121 cmedition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 3,200.00 + framing
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Valerie SparksThe Long View - Depth #1, 2025pigment print92 x 45 cmedition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofsAU$ 3,000.00 + framing
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David StephensonThe shortest day, Lake Echo (Solar Path 2025-06-21, 7:30am-4:30pm), 2025hand printed gelatin silver photographdiptych: 30.5 x 39.5cm (each) 55 x 102 cm (approx total framed size)edition of 2AU$ 4,500.00 + framing
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Imants TillersNature Speaks: HI, 2021synthetic polymer paint, gouache on 16 canvasboards, nos. 112558–112573101.6 x 142.2 cmAU$ 32,000.00
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Imants TillersNature Speaks: DH, 2011synthetic polymer paint, gouache on 16 canvasboards, nos. 90376 - 9039190 x 112 cm (stretcher size)AU$ 32,000.00
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Richard WastellPrehistoric Sounds, 2025oil, pumice, wax and resin on linen71 x 61 cm (stretcher size)AU$ 7,000.00
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Megan WalchLiquid Lens, 2025oil & acrylic on canvas90 x 112 cm (stretcher size)AU$ 6,900.00
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Belinda WinklerThe Weight of Nearness, 20252 porcelain, graphite forms on steel base30 x 42 cm (overall size)Sold
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Belinda WinklerWith Their Own Quiet Gravity, 20255 porcelain & graphite forms on steel base30 x 84 cm (overall size)Sold
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Philip WolfhagenTwilight Journal , 2025oil and beeswax on linen5 panels; 62 x 170 cm (overall with 4cm spacing)Reserved
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Philip WolfhagenA shepherd’s delirium no. 8, 2025oil and beeswax on linen57 x 46 cm (stretcher size)Sold
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Philip WolfhagenA shepherd’s delirium no. 9, 2025oil and beeswax on linen57 x 46 cm (stretcher size)Sold
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