For me, it is the idea that is the principal element; the material, while still important as a carrier of that idea, is of less consequence. Accordingly, in this collection of work, similar themes and ideas are displayed across the various media of clay, painting, and ink.
During our 10-year residency in Italy, we lived in a Medieval hill-top town that rises over Etruscan ruins, trimmed with Renaissance overlays. This was a daily source of inspiration and, combined with long traipses through ancient Roman ruins and frequent visits to Venice, the creative process was enriched further by introducing new elements of colour and pictorial expressions to both the ceramics and the two-dimensional works on canvas and on paper.
The two-dimensional works clearly reflect the long association (that continues today) in close city dwelling, being constantly in touch with people, their lives and customs, traditions, and daily routines. Through the piazzas, palazzi and stunning vistas, stimulus comes from everywhere.
The latest porcelain work in particular shows the influence of Venice with a fine imagery chasing abstract shapes around the form, picking up echoes of the colourful mooring poles, the atmosphere of carnevale and the constant splash of water as it patterns the quayside and slaps against the ever-moving hulls. In other forms, the surfaces emulate the smoothness of marble on classical forms, the dynamics created through light and shade, modelled through the use of indentations and various surfaces and colours. The translucency of the porcelain contributes to this by passing light through thin linear markings and fine edges.
Victor Greenaway’s Limited Edition Publication “Victor Greenaway : Ceramics 1965-2005″ encompasses the past 40 years of the artists’ work, revealing the strengths, diversity and refinement that he seeks. Comprising 140 pages including 110 colour plates, biographical notes and bibliography – the limited edition books are numbered and signed by the artist.
Victor Greenaway – ‘Castelo Sant’Angelo – detail 2 Rome’ – oil on canvas 40x40cm – $884
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Venice Mist’ – oil on canvas 60x60cm – $1,274
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Through the Grand Canal’ – oil on canvas 60x60cm – $1,274
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Canal Burano’ – oil on canvas 80x80cm – $2,600
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Calle Tote, Burano’ – oil on canvas 60x50cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Calle della Providenza, Burano’ – oil on canvas 50x50cm – $1,040
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Calle Broetta, Burano’ – oil on canvas 60x50cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Laghetto di Sugano, Umbria’ – oil with iron oxide patina on canvas 40x50cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Orte, Umbria’ – oil with iron oxide patina on canvas 40x50cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Orvieto Landscape, Umbria 1’ – oil on canvas 50x50cm – $1,105
SOLD
Victor Greenaway – ‘Orvieto Lanscape, Umbria 2’ – oil on canvas 120x100cm – $3,900
SOLD
Victor Greenaway – ‘Romanesque Arches’ – oil on canvas 40x50cm – $1,178
SOLD
Victor Greenaway – ‘The Morning Chat – Piazza del Duomo, Orvieto’ oil on canvas 60x60cm – $1,300
Victor Greenaway – ‘Umbrian Landscape’ – oil on canvas 40x40cm – $884
SOLD
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venice – Blue Mooring Poles, Grand Canal’ – oil on canvas 60x50cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Figures in the Shadows’ – oil on canvas 40x40cm – $1,040
Victor Greenaway – ‘Doorway, Civita di Bagnoregio’ – acrylic on canvas 50x50cm – $1,110
Victor Greenaway – ‘Castelo Sant’Angelo detail 1 Rome’ – oil on canvas 40x40cm – $884
Victor Greenaway – ‘Acqua Stagnante, Umbria’ – oil with iron oxide patina on canvas – 40x50cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Above St. Peters, Vatican City’ – oil, iron oxide patina on canvas 60x60cm – $1,170
Victor Greenaway – ‘Above Corniglia, Cinque Terre’ oil on canvas 50x50cm – $1,110
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venetian Window III’ printers ink on paper mounted on card – 23x30cm – $295
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venetian Window II’ – printers ink on paper mounted on card – 31.5x20cm – $295
Victor Greenaway – ‘Aqueduct III’ – printers ink on paper, mounted on card 32x44cm – $390
Victor Greenaway – ‘Figures through an Archway’ – printers ink on paper mounted on card 56x42cm – $610
Victor Greenaway – ‘Threshold I’ printers ink on paper mounted on card 38x55cm – $585
Victor Greenaway – ‘Tre Archi’ – printers ink on paper mounted on card 56x42cm – $610
Victor Greenaway – ‘Venetian Window I’ – printers ink on paper mounted on card 41x34cm – $390
Victor Greenaway – porcelain, large open bowl form on spiral, light-blue base. Gloss interior coloured glazes and ceramic pencil imagery – 41cmw x 17cmh $4,160
#3
Victor Greenaway – porcelain, large spiral-lipped bowl w marble white glaze – 25cm w x 13cm h – $1,352
#19
Victor Greenaway – porcelain, large spiral-lipped bowl w celadon interior – 26cmw x 15cm h – $1,716
#20
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – small straight-sided bowl w altered rim & red-banded base. coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 11cm w x 9.5cm h – $416
#15 SOLD
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – spiral-lipped bowl – marble white glaze 16.5cm w x 8.5cm h – $416
#1
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – tall, open form on narrow base w gloss interior, coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 20cm w x 30cm h – $1,906
#23
Victor Greenaway – porcelain open flared bowl form w black-banded base. Unglazed w coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 21cm w x 8.5cm h – $832
#6
Victor Greenaway – porcelain spiral lipped bowl w marble white glaze 15cm w x 7cm h – $364
#2
Victor Greenaway – Porcelain spiral lipped bowl w teal blue interior – 31cmw x 16cmh – $2,860
#11
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – spiral lipped bowl w yellow interior 27cm w x 13cm h – $1,650
#12
Victor Greenaway – porcelain straight-sided bowl on black banded base. Coloured glazes and ceramic pencil imagery – 13cm w x 9cm h – $416
#17. SOLD
Victor Greenaway – porcelain tall alterned form with bands and dimples. Marble white glaze – 14cmw x 10cmx16cmh – $624
#4
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – open flared bowl form on cut spiral base – unglazed w coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 26cm w x 12cm h – $1,248
#5
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – open bowl form w red-banded cylindrical base – coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – black medallion – 22cm w x 11cm h – $832
#13
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – large spiral lipped bowl with red interior – 12cm h x 38cm w – $3,328
#22
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – large open spiral-lipped bowl with lemon interior – 29cm w x 14cm h – $2,080
#21
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – hemispherical bowl on cut spiral base – unglazed w coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 16cm w x 10cm h – $728
#7 SOLD
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – hemi bowl with spiral-cut base & red medallion. Coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 11.5cm w x 9.5cm h – $416
#16. SOLD
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – flared rimmed bowl w spiral, dark blue banded base & dark blue medallion. Unglazed w coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 15.5cm w x 8.5cm h – $624
#9
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – flared rimmed bowl form on cut spiral base w dark blue medallion. Coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 15cm w x 9cm h – $500
#18. SOLD
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – altered bowl form on cylindrical base w deep blue interior – 18cmw x11cm h – $832
#10. SOLD
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – banded bowl form w spiral green base, unglazed w coloured glazes & ceramic pencil imagery – 14cm w x9.5cm h – $624
#8
Victor Greenaway – porcelain – banded flared-rim bowl on tapered base. Coloured glazes & pencil imagery w dark blue medallion – 18cmw x 9 cmh – $728
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