Rural City of Wangaratta CollectionA landscape of a river crossing painted in oil using shades of green, brown, blue, and white.J. Colin Angus/ (bottom right corner)wangaratta art gallery, j colin angus, john colin angus, landscape painting

Rural City of Wangaratta Collection, Wangaratta Art Prize 1993.A still life watercolour of an old garage painted with a colour palette of brown, green, grey, and yellow.Obverse: RON L MULLER/ (bottom left corner) Grand Winner 1993/ Garage Corner/ By/ Ron L. Muller/ Judge - Barbara Beasly-Southgate/ (plaque mounted on frame)wangaratta art gallery, ron muller, watercolour, garage, still life

Rural City of Wangaratta Collection. Wangaratta Art Show Grand Winner 1985.A landscape of a pastoral scene, painted in oil using shades o green, brown, blue, and yellow.R Paterson '85/ (bottom right corner) - GRAND WINNER 1985 -/ WANGARATTA ART SHOW/ (plaque mounted on frame)wangaratta art gallery, ross paterson, landscape, painting pastoral

Pugh was one of many artists who brought an Australian experience to attention. His landscapes reveal the colour and textures of the natural bush, often with a dramatic emphasis. His reference to the harshness of the bush consistently arises, with angular forms dominating the composition. White Choughs in the Landscape is typical of his representations of the bush as a dynamic environment. White Choughs in the Landscape, 1958, created by Clifton Pugh - a celebrated Australian artist known for his landscapes and portraiture as well as (three-time) winner of Australia’s Archibald Prize. This piece plays a significant role within the Nillumbik Shire Collection due to Pugh’s strong connection to the local land where he settled in Cottle’s Bridge in 1951, purchasing 15 acres and named it Dunmoochin. Artists, potters and others settled at Dunmoochin and formed the Dunmoochin Artists Co-operative in order to collectively protect the land. Numerous renowned artists worked or resided at Dunmoochin including: Rick Amor, Fred Williams, Albert Tucker, Frank Hodgkinson, Mirka Mora, John Olsen, John Percival and John Howley amongst others. Upon his death in 1990 he left an art collection and extensive properties at Dunmoochin to be appreciated and utilised by artists for years to come White Choughs in the Landscape is typical of Pughs' representations of the bush as a dynamic environment. The brittleness and fragility of the landscape is recorded in the surface of the work, where paint is applied in thin layers.Signed 'Clifton Sept. 1958'clifton pugh, dunmoochin, white choughs

Alan Martin studied under Max Meldrum, at the National Gallery School and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He later established his own art school. He has won several prizes and is represented in several provincial collections. Alan Marshall was the author of more than fifteen books, and lived much of his life in Eltham. He became a central figure in the area's arts community of writers, artists, sculptors, film makers, actors and musicians. He contracted polio when he was young is considered one of Australia's most successful and loved authors. His most famous book, 'I Can Jump Puddles' is based on his life story and the obstacles he faced as a child in trying to overcome his disability. The portrait of Alan Marshall was exhibited as a finalist at the 1956 Archibald Prize.