Richard Wastell: On Coralline Reef
This exhibition of paintings explores the magival world of Tasmanian shallow water Coralline Reef and it's creatures and also has something to do with particular states of mind such as love.
Richard has held 19 solo exhibitions in Hobart, Melbourne and Sydney since 1998 and
has been included in numerous group exhibitions throughout Australia, some of which have toured internationally. In 2013 Richard was one of ten artists invited to be part of ‘The Skullbone Experiment’ a touring exhibition and ABC documentary film arising out of an artist’s camp at Skullbone Plains, in Tasmania’s Central Highlands, hosted by the Tasmanian Land Conservancy.
His work is held by many public and private collections in Australia including Parliament House, Canberra, Macquarie Bank, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Devonport Regional Gallery, Burnie Regional Gallery, Janet Holmes a Court Collection, RACV, Westmead Childrens Hospital and Artbank.