Charles Douglas Richardson, A Cornish rock c.1885, oil on canvas, 39.5 x 49.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Donated by the artist, 1931.oil on canvaslandscape, cornwell, rocks, painting, england, charles douglas richardson, c douglas richardson, cd richardson

Shannon Smiley, Beside the tracks 2015, oil on canvas, 92 x 122 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Purchased 2017.oil on canvaslandscape, vegetation, trees, train tracks, painting, shannon smiley, photorealist, leaves

This work was painted following Rob McHaffie’s Australia Council Residency at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris in 2007. Despite Paris being a beautiful city, McHaffie also found the experience challenging and felt that on a bad day, the city was no more than an ornately decorated concrete jungle. In this painting a monkey looks out from a green building onto an imagined scene abound with art historical references. A classical European figurative sculpture is surrounded by flowers from Monet’s gardens, while a contemporary sculpture by Franz West dominates the foreground of the work. McHaffie questions the so-called evolution of cultured humanity in comparison to the imagined contentedness of our pre-evolved species.oil on linenmonkey, sculpture, painting, rob mchaffie, paris, flowers, franz west

oil on linencardboard box, paper, water, documents, painting, victoria reichelt, fragile, photorealist, archive

Winner of Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, 2016.oil on linen mounted on dibondpassivity, fight, body, male, painting, peter westwood, bayside acquisitive art prize, soldier, edouard manet’s "dead toreador"

Winner of Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2017. oil on linensnow, figures, animals, painting, michael vale, dream-like, skeleton, pipe, city, bayside acquisitive art prize

Winne of Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2018Moya McKenna, Boombox 2018, oil on canvas, 86.5 x 122.5 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Winner of Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize 2018.oil on canvasboombox, painting, moya mckenna, bayside acquisitive art prize, antennae, music player

Winner of the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, 2015.oil on linen (diptych)snow, landscape, trees, figures, kevin chin, winter, bayside acquisitive art prize, pig

Bob Kelly paints landscapes of culturally significant sites along the Mornington Peninsula and depicts these locations as he imagines they originally were before colonisation. Using traditional Western painting techniques, Kelly records the underlying spirit of the Peninsula from a Wathaurong perspective. Chinaman’s Creek in Capel Sound (Rosebud West) was an important watercourse that originally ran from Wonga (Arthur’s Seat) down through Tootgarook Swamp into Port Phillip Bay. It was a great fresh water and food source and home for many Boonwurrung people. Since settlement over 170 years ago, the creek has been drained, blocked, reconstructed and damaged. Kelly depicts a lush green landscape in which the clean creek water winds through the surrounding vegetation of spinifex grasses and gum trees, the background hills are abundant with trees, untouched from man's intervention. Using painstaking detail, Kelly records each blade of grass and ripple on the surface of Chinaman’s Creek. His attention to detail serves to powerfully reimagine this important cultural site, returning it to its former pristine state, and reinvigorating its role as a key place of sustenance for the Indigenous populations of the Peninsula. Chinaman's Creek was a finalist in the 2017 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize.oil and acrylic on canvaslandscape, creek, trees, chinaman's creek, painting, indigenous, robert kelly, bayside acquisitive art prize, bob kelly, wathaurong, rosebud, arthur's seat, tootgarook swamp, port phillip bay, boonwurrung

oil on canvassunset, river, tree, landscape, konrad a. müller-kurzwelly, european, autumn, leaves, rocks, painting, billilla, weatherly, violet weatherly

oil on canvas laid on boardking arthur, lord tennyson, poetry, idylls of the king, boat, water, death, c.d. richardson, c. douglas richardson, charles douglas richardson, painting

oil on boardrehearsal, singing, margaret baskerville, portrait, figure, music, piano

oil on canvaslady of the lilies, portrait, flowers, margaret baskerville, paintng, lilies, figure

oil on canvasend of summer, landscape, trees, horses, charles douglas richardson, painting, cloud, farm, summer, grass

oil on canvascharles douglas richardson, figure, female, pathway of ignorance, path, veil, australian sybmbolism

Symbolismoil on canvasfigures, baby, charles douglas richardson, painting, star, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, australian symbolism, symbolism

oil on canvaslandscape, lodden, river, laanecoorie, charles douglas richardson, trees, victoria, boat, cd richardson, c douglas richardson

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, farm, farmhouse, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, cloud

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, moorabbin, road, charles douglas richardson, horse, cart, tree, farm

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, sunset, hill, cottage, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, farm, fence, cloud

oil on canvas on boardlandscape, oakleigh, cows, gum trees, charles douglas richardson, cd richardson, c douglas richardson, grazing, farm, fence

oil on canvasstill life, flowers, roses, violin, charles douglas richardson, painting, cd richardson, c. douglas richardson

oil on canvas on boardmargaret baskerville, landscape, bush, track, trees, cloud

oil on boardmargaret baskerville, landscape, bush, children, farm, barn, fence, tree

Clarice Beckett, Reflected Lights, Beaumaris Bay c.1930-31, oil on composition board, 18.2 x 24 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection. Purchased 2014. oil on composition boardcoast, beaumaris, bay, water, reflections, clarice beckett, beaumaris bay, lights, meldrum school, painting

Painted from Beaumaris Cliffs looking over to Mentone this work is a characteristic example of Beckett's ability to create a sense of place with an economy of means. The bands of floated colour create a flattened 'modern' space while still rendering a truthful impression of the location. oil on boardbeach, coast, cliff, path, tree, clarice beckett, beaumaris, beaumaris bay, bay, bayside, water, meldrum school, painting, mentone

oil on composition boardbeaumaris, bay, coast, water, sunset, trees, landscape, clarice beckett, dusk, handrail, beaumaris bay, meldrum school, reflection

Impressionismoil on boardbeaumaris, beaumaris hotel, road, vegetation, bayside, power pole, signs, landscape, building, hotel

John Irvine, Mrs G.W. Cole c. 1858, oil on canvas on board, 110 x 90 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection.oil on canvas on boardmrs g. w. cole, george ward cole, st ninian's, portrait, female, john irvine, thomasina anne mccrae, thomasina cole, brighton

John Irvine, Mr G.W. Cole c. 1858, oil on canvas on board, 110 x 90 cm. Bayside City Council Art and Heritage Collection.oil on canvas on boardgeorge ward cole, st ninian's, portrait, male, john irvine, politician, member of the victorian legislative council, royal navy officer, shipping agent, brighton, g.w. cole, captain