Gallery 9 is pleased to present Craig Waddell’s third solo show with Gallery 9. The Sydney based artist is known for his dynamic paintings featuring figures, landscapes and flora. With layers of thick paint applied and scraped around the canvas, the works pulse with energy and light.

Craig Waddell won the 2010 Mosman Art Prize with a luscious painting of a single protea inspired by his studio then located in the midst of a rose farm. His iconic rooster painting – part of an ongoing series about character and masculinity – recently won the Clients Choice Award in the RBS art prize 2011. Craig’s upcoming exhibition at Gallery 9 will focus on portraiture, influenced by the old masters such as the portraits of Pope X by Velazquez and Bacon.

Craig Waddell has been exhibiting since 1998 and his work has been shown widely throughout Australia and Asia. He has been a finalist in many of the key painting prizes in Australia including the Mosman Art Prize, the Doug Moran Portrait Prize, the Archibald Prize, the Dobell Drawing Prize, the Kilgour Prize and the Wynne Prize.

Craig Waddell: Portraits of the Past
Exhibition: 22 February – 17 March 2012

The exhibition will be held at The Ian Potter Museum of Art at The University of Melbourne from 31 March 2012 to 22 July 2012

Adam Norton has a new installation project for Drawing Lines in the Sand a group exhibition on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour.

The work titled Virtual Reality Simulator questions military technology and its influence on gaming, exercises and simulations.

19 February – 18 March
Open daily, 11am-4pm, Cockatoo Island
Floor talk with the artists Saturday 3 March 11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm