James Ainslie .Australian Artist . Ph: +61 7 5474 4885 ..

James Ainslie - modern realism / abstract

James Ainslie’s preferred palette is acrylic paint on paper, with the occasional use of mixed media.
His forte is modern realism, although he also produces abstract art.
Ainslie’s paintings resonate with an inherent passion for the country’s unique beauty, particularly the sandy dunes and reflective waters of Queensland and South Australia.
Ainslie was born in SA in 1950, graduated in art from the South Australian School of Art and has exhibited throughout Australia and overseas since 1975.
Sand and water have always inspired his work, harking back to a childhood in South Australia, spent playing around the Coorong and exploring the huge sand tracks around the Murray River.
Now living in Noosa, he has turned his attention to the undulating dunes of Fraser Island and the many beaches along the Sunshine Coast shoreline.
Annual visits to Broome ensure that Kakadu and The Kimberley remain strong influences.
Ainslie has regularly been an artist in residence at Ayers Rock, and has been invited to represent South Australia in London, and at the Museum of Fine Art in Pasadena, USA.
James won the prestigious Camberwell Flora & Fauna Prize in 1990 and was co-winner of the Barossa Valley Heritage Award.
His work is featured in prestigious collections such as Artbank; BP Australia; Reserve Bank of Australia; Mobil Australia; William Hancock collection, San Francisco; Banker’s Trust; Diamond Merchants,South Africa; and many public and private collections worldwide.

Artist’s Statement

As an artist my paintings are a direct result of location.
It is the colours, textures, smells, patterns,in fact the essence of a place that inspires my images. The interpretation may be realistic, but often may develop more abstractly.

REPRESENTED By:
Without Pier Gallery, Melbourne Visit
Framed Gallery, Darwin Visit
Monsoon Gallery, WA Visit
The Gallery, Eumundi Visit

Studio Visits are welcomed, please call to make an appointment.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1975 Collectors Gallery, Perth, W.A.
1982 The Barn Gallery, McLaren Vale, S.A.
Westminster School Gallery, Marion,S.A.
1983-84 First Impression Gallery, Carmel,
California Darwin City Exhibition, Darwin N.T.
Old Clarendon Gallery,Carendon, S.A.
1984 Kensington Gallery,Kensington, S.A.
1985-86 Reade Art, Eastwood, S.A,(two exhibitions)
Angas Gallery,Crafers,S.A.
Albert Mill Gallery,Nairne,S.A.
Tynte Gallery.North Adelaide, S.A.
1987 Tynte Gallery,North Adelaide,S.A.
Reade Art, Eastwood,S.A.
Apton Cruz Galleries,Stirling S.A.
Greythorn Gallery,NorthBalwyn,Vic
1988 Reade Art,Eastwood,S.A.
Hilton Gallery, Hilton International,
Adelaide, S.A.
Hill Smith Fine Art,Adelaide S.A,
1989 Hill Smith Fine Art,Kensington House, Adelaide,S.A.
Southland Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T.
Grand Prix Exhibition,Hilton International,
Adelaide, S.A.
Reade Art, Eastwood, S.A,
1990 Southland Gallery, Canberra A.C.T.
Hill Smith Fine Art,
Kensington House, Adelaide,S.A.
Reade Art, Eastwood, S.A.
Museum of Fine Art, Pasadena, U.S.A.
(with Garry Duncan and Ainslie Roberts)
1991 Kingston House Gallery, Adelaide, S.A.
Hilton Gallery, Adelaide, S.A.
Upstairs Gallery, Cairns, Qld.
Woodstock Invitational, McLaren Vale, S.A.
Southlands Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T.
Middleton Bay Gallery, Middleton, S.A.
Reade Art, Eastwood, S.A
1992 Southlands Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T.
Sunstorm Gallery Darwin, N.T.
Reade Art Eastwood, S.A.
KensingtonGallery, Adelaide, S.A.
David Dridan Invitaional Bushing Exhibition McLaren Vale, S.A.
1993 Southland Gallery Canberra, A.C.T.
Wiregrass Gallery Melbourne,VICT
Sunstorm Gallery Darwin, N.T.
Framed Gallery Darwin, N.T.
Kensington Gallery Adelaide, S.A.
John Dunne Gallery Adelaide, S.A.
Old Telegraph Gallery Victor Harbour, S.A.
Kimberly Kreations Broome, W.A.
Mulgara Gallery Yulara, N.T.
Barossa Valley Vintage Heritage Exhibition
Wiregrass Gallery Melbourne VICT
1994 Barn Gallery Mclaren Vale South Aust
Kensington Gallery Adelaide South Aust
Southlands Gallery Canberra
Broadways Gallery Canberra
Kimberly Kreations Broome W.A.
Framed Gallery Darwin N.T.
Mulgara Gallery N.T
Dridan Fine Art
1995 Newton Gallery
Framed Gallery Darwin N.T.
Mall Gallery London U.K. -
Seven S.A. Artists Invitational -Kensington 1992
Southlands Gallery, Canberra, A.C.T
Sunstorm Gallery, Darwin, N.T.
Reade Art, Eastwood, S.A.
Kensington Gallery, Adelaide, S.A.
David Dridan Invitational Bushing Exhibition- McLaren Vale, S.A.
1996 The Gallery Of Fine Art Perth, W.A.
Framed Gallery Darwin, N.T.
Kensington Gallery, S.A.
John Dunne Gallery, S.A.
Dridan Fine Art, S.A.
Kreations Gallery, W.A.
1996 Jill Richards Gallery Sydney, N.S.W.
1996 Katsui Design
Boronia Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W, Perth, W.A.
Burns Gallery, QLD
1997 Jill Richards Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Burns Gallery, QLD
Fleurieu Centre Gallery, S.A.
Dridan Fine Art, S.A.
Pearl Fishers Gallery, Broome, W.A.
Matsos Broome, W.A.
1998 Jill Riley Gallery, Eumundi, Qld
Pearlers Row Gallery, W.A.
Matso’s Gallery Broome, W.A.
Lasting Impressions Gallery, Qld.
Framed Gallery, Darwin, N.T.
1999 Royal Arts Society, Lavender Bay Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
2000 Warren De Maria Gallery, Sydney, N.S.W.
Francis Reilly Gallery, Eumundi, QLD
Quantas Club, Brisbane, QLD
Dean Tomlinson Gallery, Brighton, S.A.
Framed Gallery, Darwin, N.T.
2001 Francis Reilly Gallery..Eumundi..QLD.
Quantas Club Brisbane.
2002 Maria Perides Gallery Brisbane, QLD
Waterfront Place, Brisbane, QLD.
Dridan Fine Art, McLaren Vale, S.A
Pearlers Row, Broome, WA
Framed Gallery, Darwin, N.T.
Quantas Club, Brisbane, QLD
Francis Reilly Gallery, Eumundi..QLD.
2003 Framed Gallery, Darwin, N.T
Design Works Gallery, QLD.
Pearlers Row, Broome, W.A.
Fusions, Noosa, QLD
2004 Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide
Framed Gallery, N.T.
Gullotti Galleries, W.A.
Pearlers Row, Broome, W.A.
2005 Yallingup Galleries WA
Pearlers Row, Broome, W.A
Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide.
Framed Gallery Darwin, N.T. 2006
Yallingup Galleries WA
Pearlers Row, Broome, W.A
Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide.
Framed Gallery Darwin, N.T
Designworks Galleria QLD
Manyung Gallery VIC
2007 Yallingup Galleries WA
Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide.
Monsoon Gallery WA
Hyatt Regency QLD
Jolly Frog Gallery, Adelaide, S.A.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1981-84 Four one man shows, Jolly Frog Gallery, Adelaide, S.A.
1984 Trio with Russell Pick and Darrell Coggins
(titled Survey Three), Adelaide Festival of Arts.
1987 Reade Art
1988 Reade Art
1989 Reade Art
1990 Reade Art
1991 Reade Art
1992 Reade Art
1994 Southlands Gallery, Canberra ACT.
Mulgara Gallery Sails of The Desert, Yulara,NT.
Kimberley Kreations, Broome
1995 Mulgara Gallery, Yulara, N.T.
Framed Gallery, Darwin.
Duo at Dridan Fine Art, S.A
1996 Kimberley Kreations Broome, W.A.
Mulgara Gallery, N.T.
1997 Pearl Fishers Gallery, Broome, W.A.
Fleurieu Centre Gallery, S.A. 1998
Framed Gallery Darwin, N.T.
Trio with Peter Coad and Bill Buter called
“The A.B.C. of Art”
1999 Matsos Gallery, Broome, W.A.
2000 Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, W.A.
2001 Frances Reilly Gallery, Eumundi, QLD
2002 Hyatt Coolum, Qld.
Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, W.A.
Mulgara Gallery, Ayes Rock, N.T.
2003 Netanya, Noosa, QLD
Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, W.A.
Overton’s, Adelaide, S.A.
2004 Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, W.A
Without Pier Gallery, Vic
2005 Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, W.A
Dridan Fine Arts, Adelaide
2006 Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, W.A.
2007 Monsoon Gallery WA

COLLECTIONS
Frampton Real Estate Pty Ltd
Artbank
BP Australia
Mobil Oil Australia
Diamond Merchants South Africa
Macquarie Broadcasting
Media Escape Pty Ltd
Kernewek Lowender Collection
Myles Pearce & Co. Pty Ltd
A.M.P. Society
Workcover
St John Council of S.A. Inc
State Bank Collection
Reserve Bank Collection of S.A
Reserve Bank Collection of W.A.
Barossa Valley Heritage Collection
William Hancock Collection
San Francisco...U.S.A.
Samphire Resources Perth
Glen Fryer Melbourne
Bankers Trust Australia

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
ENGLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
ITALY
SWEDEN
JAPAN
IRELAND
U.S.A.
CANADA
THAILAND

PRIZES
WINNER 1990 CAMBERWELL
FLORA & FAUNA ART PRIZE VICTORIA
CO-WINNER 1993 BAROSSA VALLEY
VINTAGE FESTIVAL
HERITAGE AWARD
FINALIST IN 20008 TATTERSALS LANDSCAPE ART PRIZE