PATTI HOLDEN

‘Patti Holden, A Retrospective’ Exhibition was held at the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery from 30 June to 21 July, 2007. Gallery Director and Curator, Jennifer Lamb chose from over 200 paintings and prints produced over a 50 year period to put this exhibition together.

It displayed a selection of Patti Holden’s finest paintings and prints, including ‘Distraught Woman, 1996’, ‘Father and Difficult Child, 1996’ and ‘Self Portrait, 2004’ also held in the National Gallery of Australia’s Print Collection. The exhibition was opened by Elizabeth Charles, Senior Head Teacher, Arts & Media, Goulburn & Moss Vale Campuses, TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute.

Summary of Elizabeth Charles' Speech

The opening was attended by about 70 fellow artists and friends from both Canberra and Goulburn regions, who viewed an interesting and enlightening insight of Patti’s view of her world. Postcards were available of some of the exhibited images and people could choose their favorites to take home as a memento of the exhibition.

Boat Harbour - 1964 Acrylic painting, 65cm x 100cm Cicadas & Roses - 1989 Etching, 40cm x 31cm Clinton - 2001 Oil painting, 99cm x 78cm Espresso Boy - 1960 Oil painting, 72cm x 50cm Out of India Series I - Fodder Bag - 2000 Embossing, screen print and pastels, 51cm x 41cm Grieving Pakistan Earthquake - 2005 Solar plate print & collage, 32cm x 27cm Out of India Series II - Patterns in the Landscape [Printed by Deborah Perrow] - 2001 Etching, 34cm x 49cm Pejar Dam Part 1 - 2006 Lino print, 27cm x 21cm Pejar Dam Part 2 - 2006 Lino print, 27cm x 16cm Seraphina - 2005 Solar plate print, 50cm x 11cm She Left Home in her Car with her Chooks and her Dog - 2004 Acrylic painting, 135cm x 89cm Something My Mother Taught me - 1997 Reduction lino print, 25cm x 21cm Unclad Street Figures - 1996 Lithograph, 26cm x 30cm A Woman, Her Dog and Observer - 2000 Oil painting, 81cm x 51cm