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Tasmanian Gothic art of Elizabeth Barsham
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Strange and ridiculous and somewhat surreal art from Tasmania
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here's a little video I made a couple of years ago. I wish I really could paint this quickly! youtu.be/rfFhVoUXU2k

#art #oilpainting #Tasmania #tasmaniangothic #Barsham
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YouTube video by Tasmanian Gothic
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August 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Feeling cute - did a new painting. Teddy Bear's Picnic. Oil on canvas. About 45cm x 60cm #toys #teddyBear #creepy #surreal #gothic #tasmania #forest #bones
surreal forest landscape in blues and greys. The centre is golden yellow, where two creepy dolls and a teddy bear sit around a pile of lobster shells (perhaps)
July 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Group exhibition opened at Nolan Art Gallery this evening, and these two are off to new homes. Still some left for you. Harpist, 16 cm x 12.5 cm and Invisible Peacock, 30 cm x 30 cm #art #humour #surrealism #NolanArtGallery #painting #Tasmania
Painting of enthusiastic harpist playing an instrument growing out of her arm and dress painting of a transparent plastic Peacock and empty white draperies against a blue-green floral background
June 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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"Wooden Buddha", oil on canvas 30 cm x 30 cm and you can see it when the group exhibition opens at Nolan Art Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart on Friday 13th
#art #still-life #red #cannon #surrealism #painting #Tasmania #SalamancaArtsCentre
Red draperies. A transparent plastic bird suspended over a wooden Buddha statuette and a model brass cannon
June 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Another painting I will be taking in to Nolan Art Gallery tomorrow: Invisible Peacock; oil on canvas 30 cm x 30 cm #art #tasmania #still-life #Peacock #drapery #salamancaartscentre
White draperies covering an invisible mannequin against a blue-green wallpaper-like background with stylised flowers, leaves and branches. A large transparent Peacock perches on one of the branches in the foreground
June 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Never trust a smiling cat, they used to say. I promise this is the last Cat Picture. Tigers. Oil on canvas, 20 cm x 20 cm #cat #art #oilpainting #nolanartgallery #humour #tasmania #tiger
Painting of a ceramic fluffy cat smiling at you, with a ghostly snarling plastic tiger behind it. And a very small penguin in the distance
June 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Circumstances! The exhibition opening at Nolan Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, to which I have been inviting people has been postponed until 6 pm Friday 13th June. Here's a new version of the poster, and a cat picture to cheer you up (It's called Cat Picture. Oil on canvas 20 cm x 20 cm).
Poster - exhibition opening at Nolan Art Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart. 6 pm Friday 13 June 2025 Painting of two cats - one a humorous plastic ornament, the other a crude wooden carving
June 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Two paintings off to a new home: On With The Show - oil on canvas 50 cm x 60 cm and Our Little Ray of Sunshine acrylic on canvas 25 cm x 20 cm, thanks to Nolan Art Gallery, Hobart #art #painting #oilpainting #humour #surrealism #nolanartgallery
May 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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A tiny little painting to adorn that empty space on your wall. Picnic by the Lake oil on canvas 15 cm x 15 cm
And I've just updated my website, so you can see all the latest paintings on it - www.tasmaniangothic.com
#art #eye #tasmania #humour #oilpainting #landscape
tree with large eyeball instead of foliage; bird perched in arm-like branches. Background of lake and forest
May 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Still life study - "Tin Pony"; oil on canvas, 30 cm x 30 cm. You can see it in the exhibition opening on 6 June at Nolan Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
#art #salamancaartscentre #nolanartgallery #horse #pony #flyinghorse #fantasy #Tasmania #oilpainting
Flying white unicorn behind little metal horse in mountainous landscape
May 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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"Choir Practice" oil on canvas 25 cm x 20 cm. You can see it in "The Dream", group exhibition opening at Nolan Gallery, first floor Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart at 6 pm on 6 June 2025
May 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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What I painted today. Detail from a work in progress. You will probably be able to see the completed painting (plus a few more) in "The Dream", a mixed exhibition at Nolan Art Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, opening 6 June
#art #salamancaartscentre #cat #painting #Barsham #artexhibition
Painting of a very smug, stylised, fluffy cat seated observing you with a big grin on its face
May 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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It's that time of year again #DarkMofo #art #nolanart #contemporaryart #wintersolstice #tasmania #salarts #artexhibition #Tasmaniangothic
May 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Quiet Sunday afternoon at home. Did a little sketch that might become a painting called "Bargain Hunters" #art #digital #Tasmania #drawing #humour
Outline drawing in brown on grey-blue background with hints of colour and highlights showing a woman and child looking at odd items on a market stall
May 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Did a pretty painting of cats and flowers. Here's a detail. You can see the whole painting at Nolan Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart next month. Choir Practice; oil on canvas 25 cm x 20 cm
circular image; stylised female figure playing a piano with several singing cats sitting on the top
May 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Back in 1905 my grandfather and his brothers built a little humpy to camp in while building a house on their recently-purchased land. Somebody has just bought the painting I did of it. Humpy oil on canvas 76 cm x 50 cm
#art #painting #Tasmania #TasmanianGothic #fantasy #landscape #surrealism
painting of small, simple shed in a forest
April 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Backyard corner #junk #machinery #assemblage #sculpture #animals #art #Tasmania #humour
Photograph of pile of rusting scrap metal against grey wall; yellow giraffe-like figurine on left and red sitting cat-like figure on right Yellow giraffe-like figurine Red figurine - sitting, cat-like animal with black horns
April 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I think we need a bit of silliness right now Hunting the Wild Agapanthus oil on canvas 84 cm x 91 cm #surrealism #fantasy #humour #Tasmania #art #oilpainting #landscape #tasmanian-gothic
Green leafy painting with stylised golden figures among the foliage and blue agapanthus flowers
April 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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One from my exhibition last year - Ritual Birdbath
oil on canvas 75 cm x 60 cm
#Tasmania #gothic #oilpainting #originality #birds #surrealism #humour #art
Startled comical white bird rising from a golden chalice-like bath, centre of the painting glows gold, surrounded by brown shadows full of vague, dark mechanical beasts
March 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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A mesmerising video from my friend Sina Moser's recent holiday in Tasmania youtu.be/HGR8MuaR46o?...
BAY OF FIRES Living Nature
YouTube video by sina moser
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March 19, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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I think this is my one and only piece of Public Art. Thank you Elizabeth Perey for the photograph #Tasmania #Barsham #highway #Public-Art
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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A recent painting: Fledglings
oil on canvas 50 cm x 60 cm #oilpainting #birds #fantasy #surrealism #humour
March 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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My first post - introducing myself. I'm a visual artist, mainly oil paintings. And they sometimes get rather silly. This is called "At dawn - we ride!" and I painted it earlier this year.
dark blue background with group of strange figures lined up as if at the start of a race. Large eyes are prominent
March 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM