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CHRISTOPHER McLEOD

ARTIST'S HISTORY  2 

THE ART OF AUSTRALIA

THE IMMIGRANTS

THE PASSION

ORIGINS

THE LOVERS

In 1995 the Artist finished his new Series THE LOVERS which was opened at the Riverhouse Gallery by the Artist and friend Dr Irene Amos. This Series, all in Gouache featured some of the most beautiful and controversial paintings to date, including "WHAT IF ?" "THE ILLUSION", "MERMAID GOING UP , MAN GOING DOWN", MULBERRY TREE" and "THE KISS".

During the early nineties the Artist began a new Series about immigration to Australia using his own family as inspiration, and many paintings later an Exhibition was opened at the New Ardrossan Gallery in Brisbane by Angus Innes M. P. in 1991. The Exhibition with new oils added to supplement the diminished Gouches moved to the Eaglehawke Gallery in Sydney and was opened by the President of the Clan McLeod Society. The paintings continued to be shown around Australia until 1995 at the University of Sydney's Celtic Conference. The IMMIGRANTS was widely featured in the Media in Australia, NZ , Canada, The USA, and in the UK. There were some fifty paintings to the Series covering The Clearances in Scotland.

The PASSION appeared in 1992 and was inspired by the music of Peter Gabriel ( The Passion), and the Artist's friend Father Bill O'Shea. THE PASSION was shown at the Riverhouse Gallery, Pius XII Seminary, The Catholic University and St John's Cathedral. Based loosely on the Stations of the Cross, the Series was reviewed in the Courier Mail, The Brisbane Review and the Catholic Leader and the various Exhibitions were opened by Father Bill O'Shea, Archbishop Bathersby and Bishop Rush. One of the paintings won two religious Awards.

ORIGINS was first shown in 1993 after three years of research into the multicultural background to Australia's society at the Riverhouse Gallery in Brisbane by James Maccormick MBE and later in Sydney by Wally Abraham, both leading Architects in their respective Cities. The Series was reviewed in colour in the Sunday Mail and the painting "AN AFTERNOON AT THE HAMMAM" caused a certain amount of controversy at the time. The large Oil "IONA" now hangs in ST.  COLUMBAS CHURCH in Wilston in Brisbane. Some paintoings using muslim stories as a theme caused a lot of controversy at the time which was entirely unwarranted.

ARTIST'S HISTORY  2