Ted Hillyer
Ted Hillyer
The three graces
61×61cm oil on canvas
$2,600
Ted Hillyer was born in Campbelltown, NSW in 1936. He studied at the National Art School, East Sydney, from 1955 to 1959. In 1962, he and his wife, Kathy, settled in the Bellinger Valley. Both taught part-time to support his artistic pursuits.
Hillyer has created images of readily recognisable scenes of the region by using stylised forms, shapes and colour. These are connected by the interplay of light across the picture plane. His painting technique has been influenced by two North American regional artists, Edward Hopper and, to a lesser degree, Alex Colville. Studying Hopper helped Hillyer develop a way to incorporate the human presence in landscapes.
In this geometrically structured realistic technique, he has painted built and natural landscapes of this region. His body of work can be broadly grouped into three themes: the southern break wall and quarry in Coffs Harbour, swimming scenes of the Bellinger Valley, and natural landscapes of the Bellinger Valley and Glenreagh
Hillyer’s major aim in his painting is to portray the everyday joy and beauty of living in this area
- From the catalogue for Ted Hillyer’s survey exhibition at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Ted Hillyer
Men clearing wood
20.5×20.5cm oil on canvas
$900
Ted Hillyer
Life drawing
122×122cm oil on canvas
$7,500
Ted Hillyer
Cows at dawn
30.5×31cm oil on board
$1,500
Ted Hillyer
Still life and rocks interior
37.5×25.5cm oil on board
$1,500
Ted HIllyer
After a swim
41×50cm oil on board
$2,200
Ted Hillyer
Between Dorrigo and Ebor
96×96cm oil on board
$5,500
Ted Hillyer
Three Bathers
58.5×58.5cm oil on board
$2,600
Ted Hillyer
Pool and fishing boat
60.5×76cm oil on canvas
$3,000
Ted Hillyer
1936 Born at Campbelltown, NSW
1955-59 Studied at the National Art School East Sydney
1962 After a brief period of high school teaching moved to the North Coast of NSW to paint full time
Selected Exhibitions
2023 The artist and his landscape, Robin Gibson Gallery
2022 Works on paper & The Large Bathers, Robin Gibson Gallery
2021 The Bathing Suite, Robin Gibson Gallery
2020 Bellinger: Beach & Bush, Robin Gibson Gallery
2019 North – 5 person show of artists living in Northern NSW, Robin Gibson Gallery
2018 Solo Show at Robin Gibson Gallery
2016 Solo Show at Robin Gibson Gallery
2014 Solo show at Robin Gibson Gallery
2013 From Mountains to Sea New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
2010 A Survey 1968-2010 Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery & Manning Regional Art Gallery
2000 Solo show at Robin Gibson Gallery
1998 Solo show at Robin Gibson Gallery
1993 Solo show at Robin Gibson Gallery
1991 Solo show at Robin Gibson Gallery
1972 First solo show, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Numerous Group Show at Robin Gibson Gallery since 1990
He has also exhibited at the Lake Russell Gallery & John Garden Gallery in Coffs Harbour
