Chris Capper
Chris Capper
I wore my gold Rolex to Newcastle Beach (variation)
40.5×51cm oil on board
$2500
Chris Capper’s meditative paintings offer a space for contemplation and reflection. His evocative compositions are careful considerations of form and space, yet are not committed to precise definition. Vibrant orbs imply flowers, while interiors are mapped in abstracted geometry, both recurring motifs throughout his works
Colour is harnessed as an emotional trigger; works bloom with a vibrant contrasting palette or are muted to convey a sense of sorrow about time passing, but with recognition for beauty and completeness. His paintings made in memorium are poignant with meaning through his deft touch.
Inhabiting a space between representation and formalist abstraction, Capper has a rare facility for the human condition that becomes poetic when he tells a story on canvas
Memorial, Icons and Signs, catalogue essay, The University Gallery, University of Newcastle 2016
Solo exhibitions
2022 Recent Paintings, Robin Gibson Gallery
2021 Watt Space, Newcastle University
2016 Memorials, Icons and Signs, The University Gallery, The University of Newcastle NSW
2013 New Paintings 2013, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2012 At the Annex, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2012 Reflective Dialogues, Newcastle University Gallery
2011 Four Artists, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery
2010 Recent Paintings, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2009 New Paintings, Gallery East, North Fremantle
2009 After New York, Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2007 Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2007 Maitland Regional Art Gallery
2007 Gallery East, North Fremantle
2006 Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2005 Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2004 Gallery East, North Fremantle
2003 Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2003 Damien Minton Gallery, Newcastle
2003 Muswellbrook Regional Art Gallery
2002 Gallery East, North Fremantle
2001 Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
2000 Gallery East, North Fremantle
1997-1998 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1995 Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
1992 Gallery Fifty Two/Delaney Gallery, Perth
1991-1992,92 Rex Irwin Art Dealers, Sydney
1989 Rex Irwin Art Dealers, Sydney
1988 Phillip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane
1988 Goulburn Regional Gallery
1987 Rex Irwin Art Dealers, Sydney
1987 Gallery Fifty Two/Delaney Gallery, Perth
1985 Rex Irwin Art Dealers, Sydney
1984 Gallery Fifty Two/Delaney Gallery, Perth
1983 Rex Irwin Art Dealers, Sydney
1982 Gallery Fifty Two/Delaney Gallery, Perth
1979-1980 Gallery Fifty Two/Delaney Gallery, Perth
1974-1975 Old Fire Station Gallery, Perth
Collections
Alexander Library, Perth WA
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Curtin University Perth
Edith Cowan University Perth
Goulburn Regional Art Gallery
Macquarie University, Sydney
Maitland Regional Art Gallery NSW
Manly Art Gallery NSW
Regional Gallery of Newcastle, NSW
University of Newcastle NSW
University of Western Australia
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
and numerous private collections.
