Local scene (?)Colour Photograph

Purchased, 2017Drypoint etching and chine-colle on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Purchased, 1997Oil on linengippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Purchased, 2017Watercolour on paper on cardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by the artist, 2018Archival pigment inkjet print on Baryta papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Leslie Rowe through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2006Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Leslie Rowe through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2006Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Charles Nodrum 2019Watercolour on card papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Charles Nodrum through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 2000Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Simon Gregg, 2017Etching on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Purchased with the assistance of the Gippsland Art Gallery Society, 2011Oil and resin on woodgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Acquired as winner of the Sale Festival Prize, 1965Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated from the estate of Patricia Marie White, 2013Etching and aquatint on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Esso Collection of Australian Art. Donated by Esso Australia Pty Ltd, 2018Acrylic, Canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Purchased, 1981Acrylic, Canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by the artist, 1965Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Gallery, 2018Oil on canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Acquired, 1976Oil on canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Charles Nodrum, 2019Engraving on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Acquired, 1976Oil on canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Alexander Thurston Watson through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 1979Pen and wash on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated by Alexander Thurston Watson through the Australian Government Cultural Gifts Program, 1979Oil, metal and timber on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Pencil on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Oil on canvasgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Watercolour on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated from the estate of Wemyss Struss, 2016Watercolour on papergippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Donated from the estate of John Leslie OBE, 2017Oil on canvasboardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

Acquired from the Shire of Maffra through Council Amalgamations, 1994Oil on boardgippsland, artwork, permanent collection

28 pages, illustrated.

Wes WALTERS (06 August 1928 - 19 August 2014) Born Mildura, Victoria From 1940 t0 1945 Wes Walters attended the Ballarat High School. He then studied architecture at the Gordon Institute in Geelong, followed by art at the Ballarat School of Mines (a division of the Ballarat School of Mines). During his time at the Ballarat Technical Art School (later Federation University Australia) Walters studied under Neville Bunning and Taylor Kelloch, and was awarded the Ballarat Ladies Art Association Scholarship in 1948. He next moved to Melbourne to work as a commercial artist with the George Patterson advertising agency. Each evening Walters studied life drawing at the Victoria Artists’ Society and taught himself anatomy. Wes Walters excelled in both abstract and realist art. He won the Art Gallery of Ballarat’s Minnie Crouch Prize for watercolour art in 1953 and 1956. He won the prestigious Archibald Prize in 1879 for his portrait of Phillip Adams. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.Limited edition print by Wes Walters.Signed lower right "Walters"wes walters, walters, printmaking, etching, nude, alumni