Paul Maher
Paul Maher
Brick archway secret garden (Lavender Bay – Brett and Wendy Whiteley's house)
$2,600
Primarily a painter, Newcastle based artist Paul Maher is best known for his gritty depictions of the urban coastal landscape
Early in his painting career Maher adopted a gestural en plain air practice which is evident in his current work. He spends hours in the landscape drawing – usually between Sydney and Newcastle – before making his completed works back in the studio
Maher has exhibited regularly in Newcastle and Sydney. He has been a finalist in the Kilgour and Lake Macquarie Art Prizes, and his work is held in the Newcastle Art Gallery collection
These three paintings currently available are part of an ongoing series inspired by the coastal houses and surroundings of well-known artists
Paul Maher
Steps down to Balmain waterfront (Janet Laurence's house)
85×47cm oil on canvas
$2,500
Paul Maher
Private residence, Chinamens Beach – Camaraigal country
75×42cm oil on canvas
$2,000
Paul Maher CV
Solo exhibitions
2025 Coastal dwelling – Straitjacket Art Space
2023 Window on a city – Straitjacket Art Space
2020 Down to the water – Saint Cloche
2019 Harbour’s Edge – Saint Cloche
2019 Memorial Drive – Gallery 139
2018 Shore Lines – Gallery 139
2016 In this city’s side – Gallery 139
2014 Walking the square mile, NAS
2012 Chance Meeting, Art System Wickham
2009 Headland’, POD Space – Newcastle
1999 Foreign flotations, Galerie Fleur d’Or –Paris
1988 ‘Paul Maher – paintings’, Von Bertouch Galleries
1996 Recent paintings, John Paynter Gallery
1993 Jusqua Fevrier, Suters Architects Snell
1991 Mattara exhibition, Lucky Country Hotel
1988 Busts’, Tikat Designs – Newcastle Group exhibitions
2022 Sublime Nature – Lighthouse Arts (Nobbys Headland)
2021 GatherED – Watt Space
2019 Paper Contemporary – Sydney Contemporary
2019 IGN Art Fair – Newcastle Art Gallery
2018 Aro Gallery – Darlinghurst, Sydney
2017 Consalvo Lankas Maher – University of Newcastle Gallery
2016 Consalvo Lankas Maher – The Depot, Sydney
2015 Small medium large – NAS, Nanshe, Four Point
2014 Rock Paper Scissors – Four Point Gallery
2013 Newcastle East School fund raiser, The Lockup
2012 Open House, Pod Space – Newcastle
2011 Yule Tide – Art Systems Wickham
1999 Cimaise Peinture Sculpture, Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture – Paris
1998 Recent Acquisitions, Newcastle Art Gallery
1994-99 Collectors Choice, Von Bertouch Galleries – Newcastle
1990 Aerial Redneck trap, 249 Gallery – Newcastle
1990 Tilt into light, View Factory – Newcastle
1990 Paintings and Prints’ – Macquarie University -Sydney
1990 Shifting Grounds – Art Gallery of NSW
1989 One Crowded Tricycle – Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Prizes & Residencies
2023 Newcastle Club Prize Winner
2021 National Capital Art Prize finalist
2021 Newcastle Club Foundation Club Prize finalist
2019 Len Fox Art Prize finalist
2018 Muswellbrook Art Prize finalist
2017 Mornington Shire – Artist in Residence 2017 Brisbane Art Prize finalist
2016 Redlands Art Prize finalist
2015 Kilgour Art Prize finalist
Mosaics
2021 – 24 Beaumont Street mosaics
2001 Morisset Train Station mosaic
1996-2000 Lake Macquarie Gallery mosaics
1990-99 Beaumont Street Mosaics
Video
2023 Renaissance in Rutherford
2020 Cormac O’Riordan case study (vimeo)
2015 John Cliff short doco (vimeo) Selected Publications
2020 Paintings Dwell On The Fringes Of Urban Wilderness – Design Files
2018 The unbreakable Paul Maher – Star
2017 Shortlist top 20 – SMH
2017 Paul Maher’s urban art – NH
2015 Visualising suburbia – NH
2014 Paul Maher exhibition inspired by Memorial Drive sights NH
Collections
Newcastle Art Gallery
Newcastle Club
Private collections Australia, New Zealand, France, Ireland
Education summary
2003 Post Graduate Urban Design – (Dean’s Honour List) University of Sydney
1985 Graduate Diploma Visual Arts- Major Professional study – Painting – University of Newcastle
1984 Bachelor of Arts Visual Arts – University of Newcastle
