After ten years painting the furthest reaches of what was once the supercontinent Gondwana—from the far south of South America to the islands of the Indonesian Archipelago, John Wolseley has returned to the centre of it all—inland Australia. Following a line of fire he has been burning himself back into the Mallee sandhills and Box Ironbark forests of N.W. Victoria.
Exhibition Dates: 29 September – 22 October 2005
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carbonised wood, watercolour on paper, and music stands
installation, overall approx. 200 x 350 x 150 cm, eight parts (i) 143 x 348 cm; (ii) 37 x 72 cm; (iii) 57 x 76.5 cm; (iv) 30.5 x 54.4 cm; (v) 35 x 84.5 cm; (vi) 31 x 49 cm; (vii) 46 x 67 cm; (viii) 41 x 66.5 cm (paper)

watercolour, pencil and carbonised wood on paper
153 x 264 cm (paper), 179 x 287 cm (framed)

watercolour and carbonised wood on paper
87 x 196 cm (paper), 109.7 x 218 cm (framed)

watercolour and carbonised wood on paper
123 x 300 cm (paper), 148.6 x 326.2 cm (framed)

carbonised wood and watercolour on paper
2 parts: 151.5 x 245 x 7.5; 151.5 x 211.5 x 7.5 cm

watercolour, charcoal and coloured pencils on paper
66.5 x 346 cm (paper), 92 x 372 cm (framed)

carbonised wood, watercolour and coloured pencils on paper
two parts, overall 71.5 x 361 cm (paper), 76.4 x 367 cm (framed)

watercolour and carbonised wood on paper
56 x 228 cm (paper), 77.7 x 248 cm (framed)

watercolour pencil and carbonised wood on paper
56.5 x 151.5 cm (paper), 74.5 x 169 cm (framed)

carbonised wood, watercolour and pencil on paper 12 in separate frames
56.5 x 76 cm (paper), 66.5 x 85.4 cm (framed)

carbonised wood and watercolour on paper
123 x 71 cm (paper), 146 x 89 cm (framed)

carbonised wood, watercolour and pencil on paper
56..5 x 76 cm (paper), 82.7 x 100.7 cm (framed)

carbonised wood and watercolour on folded paper
38 x 270 cm (paper), 61 x 298.6 x 18.3 cm (framed)
John Wolseley One Hundred and One Insect Life Stories
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2019
John Wolseley Heartlands and Headwaters
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2015
John Wolseley all our relations
18th Biennale of Sydney, 2012
John Wolseley Carboniferous
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010
John Wolseley Natural Selection: MALLEE/MAQUIS
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2008
Group Show, STOLEN RITUAL
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006-07
John Wolseley The Wood, The World, and The Parrot
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2006
John Wolseley Bird on a Wire
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005
Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
John Wolseley Tracing The Wallace Line
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2001
Group Show, A constructed world (in collaboration with John Wolsely)
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1997