I Commenced formal training in oils aged 9 under Wolfgang Sass, producing traditional landscapes and seascapes, and at 15 transitioned to classical oil portraiture as the only ever student of Giuseppe Ive. Three years later I began experimenting with a variety of mediums, settling on graphite, pen and ink exclusively for the next 45 years. In recent years driven by a constant drive for improvement I have re-commenced painting as well as exploring the realms of photography, abstraction, plein air and life drawing, as well as maintaining a prolific output in a variety of mediums and genres.
Working with both graphite and ink almost exclusively all my life, my realistic/representational works are always drawn from subjects in real life; whether urban, landscape or figurative. Abstract works are created from imagination whilst floral works typically are portrayed with abstract elements. Photographic subjects are primarily landscapes, flowers and textures.
My artworks are held in private collections both in Australia and internationally in: Bogota, Hamburg, Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, Toulon, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Geneva, Gimel, Tokyo, Sendai, Nagoya, Nagano and Okazakai.
2001 Jul: Brisbane: Redclife Riverhaven – Celtic Art Group Exhibition, Pen and Ink, First Prize Awarded.
2006 Sep: Brisbane: Springfest Art Festival – Group Exhibition, Photography, Highly Commended Awarded.
2008 Feb: Brisbane: Satchmos – Group Exhibition, Photography.
2008 Jul: Brisbane: Mt Gravatt Photographic Society – Group Exhibition, Photography, First prize open colour prints and two Highly Commended Awards.
2009 Aug: Brisbane: John Flynn Hospital – Art Festival Group Exhibition, Photography.
2009 Aug: Brisbane: Scattered Arts – Solo Exhibition, Photography.
2013 Apr: Brisbane: Art & Design Precinct – Reflections, Group Exhibition, Photography.
2013 May: Brisbane: Art & Design Precinct – Bloom, Group Exhibition, works in Acrylic, Pen and Ink.
2013 Jun: Brisbane: Art & Design Precinct – Fortune 500, Group Exhibition, works in Acrylic, Graphite, Pen and Ink.
2013 Jul: Brisbane: Art & Design Precinct – Barely There, Group Exhibition, Life Drawing, works in Graphite and Chalk
2013 Nov: Brisbane: Art & Design Precinct – Eclecticism(ing), Solo Exhibition, works in Acrylic, Pen and Ink, Graphite, Charcoal and Photography.
2014 Nov: Brisbane: Redlands Art Gallery – Back to the Future, Group Exhibition, 50 Years of Redland Yurara Art Society, Acrylic Paintings and Pen and Ink Drawings.
2014 Nov: Brisbane: Jugglers Art Space – Life Drawing, Group Exhibition, works in Graphite and Chalk.
2014 Dec: Brisbane: Yurara Art Society – Christmas Group Exhibition, works in Pen and Ink.
2015 Jun: Brisbane: Celebration of the Female Form Group Exhibition, works in Graphite and Chalk.
2015 Nov: Brisbane: Jugglers Art Space – Life Drawing Group Exhibition, works in Graphite and Chalk.
2016 Jun: Brisbane: Celebration of the Female Form Group Exhibition, works in Graphite, Chalk, Pen and Ink.
2016 Sep: Brisbane: Yurara Art Society – Spring Group Exhibition, works in Pen and Ink.
2017 Jun: Gold Coast: Dárcy Doyle Art Award – Annual Group Exhibition, works in Graphite, Pen and Ink.
2017 Jun Melbourne: Brunswick St Gallery – Small Works Group Exhibition, works in Pen and Ink.
2017 Nov: Brisbane: Jugglers Art Space – Life Drawing Group Exhibition, works in Graphite.
2017 Nov: Paris: Untitled Factory Montmartre – Finalist in Le Grand Nude Group Exhibition, works in Graphite.
2018 Jan: Brisbane: Royal Queensland Art Society – Abstract Group Exhibition, Works in Acrylic.
2018 Feb: Geneva: Deux Ans Dessins Avec Modeles Vivants – Life Drawing Group Exhibition, works in Graphite.
2018 Apr: Paris: Untitled Factory Montmartre – Finalist in 3rd International Marathon Life Drawing Group Exhibition, works in Graphite.
2018 May: Brisbane: Bulimba Library Brisbane Urban Sketchers – Group Exhibition, works in Pen and Ink.
2018 Jun: Melbourne: Brunswick St Gallery – Small Works Group Exhibition, works in Pen and Ink.
2019 Jun: Melbourne: Brunswick St Gallery – Small Works Group Exhibition, works in Pen and Ink.
2019 Oct: Brisbane: Royal Queensland Art Society – Naked Truth, Life Drawing and the Nude, works in Graphite.
2020 Feb: Brisbane: Royal Queensland Art Society – Journeys in Art, works in Graphite.
2020 Apr: Toowoomba: Toowoomba Art Society – Virtual Life Drawing Exhibition, works in Graphite.
2020 Jul: Toowoomba: Toowoomba Art Society – There and Back Again Exhibition, Works in Acrylic.
2020 Aug: Toowoomba: Toowoomba Art Society – Annual Members Exhibition, Pen and Ink, Commended Awarded.
2021 March: Toowoomba: Toowoomba Art Society – Go Figure Exhibition, works in graphite.
2020 March: Camp Hill Gallery – Small Wonders Exhibition, Works in Pen and Ink
Web https://www.instagram.com/chris_gosley/
Email cg1699576400@gmail.com
