About Me

Jeremy Holton CV

After graduating in England, Jeremy worked as; a Town Planner in UK; a Geologist in East Africa and Australia; an Information Technology executive in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth; and as Director of IT consulting for Ernst & Young.

He studied for the Diploma of Art at the Claremont School of Art, in Perth.

In 1994 he held his first solo exhibition of Pilbara landscapes at Woodside Petroleum in Perth and in Karratha. Since then he has had highly successful annual exhibitions at galleries in Perth as well as exhibiting in Melbourne, Adelaide, Broome, Yallingup, Mandurah, Cairns and the USA.

His paintings have proved to be popular with publishers and are used in book covers published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, Michigan University Press and CD albums.

Lloyd Rees, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Klimt, the Fauvres, Lucian Freud, Arthur Boyd, Sidney Nolan, John Perceval and Fred Williams have influenced Jeremy.

Despite a wide range of techniques and approaches to painting, Jeremy’s work is immediately recognisable due to his strong style. He works mainly in oil on canvas but also uses oil pastels and inks on paper.

Jeremy's subject matter is mainly landscapes/townscapes, which capture the colours and contrasts of Australia, together with some nudes and flower studies.

Jeremy's work is represented in many private and public collections, both in Australia and internationally.

In March 1995 he established the first commercial art gallery in Australia on the World Wide Web. This can be accessed at www.peachtreegallery.com or www.jeremyholton.com to view his latest paintings, exhibition schedules and to download exhibition catalogues.

Email jeremy@jeremyholton.com

Phone Australia +61 411 580 903

BIO

1940

Born in Dunstable, England

1965-66

Geologist in Dar-es Salaam and Dodoma, Tanzania, East Africa

1966-67

Town Planner in Kent, England

1967-69

Geologist, with BHP in Whyalla, South Australia

1969-70

Trained in Information Technology by BHP in Wollongong in NSW

1970-77

Established and managed IT support for exploration, mining and petroleum business units for BHP. Regularly travelled around Australia to support mining sites

1977-87

Seconded to Woodside in Perth. Established and managed IT function for the NW Shelf Gas Project during feasibility, construction and operation phases of project

1987-99

Management Consultant with accounting firm Ernst & Young.

1989-99

Owner manager commercial stone fruit orchard in Mount Helena, Perth Hills.

1993-99

Artist with part time management consultant and orchardist.

March 1995

Established the first Internet World Wide Web galleries in Australia (Peach Tree Gallery, http://www.peachtreegallery.com).

1999 to date

Full time artist

Medium

Oil on canvas, oil pastels and inks on paper

Subject matter

Includes figure studies and still life but consists mainly of landscapes.

Studies

1988-94 Studied for Diploma of Art at Claremont School of Art in Perth

Influences

Lloyd Rees, Van Gogh, Bonnard, Klimt, the Fauvres, Lucian Freud, Arthur Boyd, John Perceval, Brett Whitely, Chagall and Fred Williams

Exhibitions

Group and mixed exhibitions

1992 Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA

1993 Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA

1994 Galleria del Mondo, Fremantle, WA

1997 Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA

The A Shed, Fremantle, WA

Morales Art Galleries, Nags Head, North Carolina, USA

Rocky Bay at Hyatt Hotel, Perth

1998 Koz Arts Gallery, Mandurah, WA

Maxwell’s Fine Art Gallery of Roleystone, WA

1999 Maxwell’s Fine Art Gallery of Roleystone, WA

Matso’s Gallery, Broome, WA

Perth Society of Artists

Utopia Gallery, Cairns, Queensland

2000 Maxwell’s Fine Art Gallery of Roleystone, WA

Utopia Gallery, Cairns, Queensland

Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup WA

Perth Society of Artists

Pearler’s Row Gallery, Broome, WA

2001 Manyung Gallery, Mount Eliza, Victoria

Mahoney’s Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria

Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

Perth Society of Artists

Pearler’s Row Gallery, Broome, WA

2002 Fishbone Gallery, Mandurah, WA

Pearler’s Row Gallery, Broome, WA

Perth Society of Artists (award for best painting)

Solo exhibitions

1994 Woodside Offshore Petroleum, Perth, WA

Frame and Paint Art Gallery, Karratha, WA

1995 The Gallery of Fine Art, Perth, WA

1996 The Gallery of Fine Art, Perth, WA

1997 Matso’s Gallery, Broome, WA

1998 Matso’s Gallery, Broome, WA

Accent Gallery, Subiaco, WA

1999 Impressions Gallery, Cultural Centre, Perth. WA

Accent Fine Art Gallery, Subiaco, WA

2000 Accent Fine Art Gallery, Subiaco WA

2002 Accent Fine Art Gallery, Dalkeith, WA

Artist in Residence, Sandalford Caversham Estate Winery, WA

2003 Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA

2004 Challen & Rafferty Gallery, Subiaco, WA
2004 Old Melbourne Hotel, Perth
2005 Challen & Rafferty Gallery, Subiaco, WA

Represented

Telstra

Alinta Gas

New Norcia

Newman College Junior School

ANZ Bank

Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council

York Shire Council

Private collections in WA, Victoria, NSW, Queensland, USA, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, New Zealand, Canada, Kuwait and UK

Accredited Galleries

Accent in Dalkeith Gallery, Waratah Ave, Dalkeith, WA

Challen & Rafferty Gallery, Subiaco, WA

Gallery TenEleven, Armadale, Vic

Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide, SA

Mahoney’s Galleries, Melbourne, Vic

Manyong Galleries, Mt Eliza, Vic

Margaret River Galleries, Margaret River, WA

Maxwell’s Gallery, Rolystone, WA

Mundaring Arts Centre, Mundaring, WA

Pearlers Row Gallery, Broome, WA

The Gallery of Fine Art, Darlington, WA

Valley of the Giants Gallery, Bow Bridge, WA

Yallingup Galleries, Yallingup, WA

Commissions

Numerous private commissions

Publications

Arts Unlimited, Vol 2 No 1 February 1995

‘Il museo che non c’e’ – The Museum Which Does Not Exist’ CD-ROM published by dgPIXEL, Italy

Off-line World Wide Web CD-ROM published by SOHO Media Co Ltd, Taipei

Japanese Tourist Map of Perth, published by Perth Express, annually 1999 to 2004

Cover of talking book ‘We of the Never Never’ published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1999

Cover of book “Island Farm” published by Michigan State University Press, 2000

Cover of book “An Endless Afternoon” published by WA Lactation Consultants, 2000

Cover of talking book “Pilgrimage” published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2000

Cover of CD “Sax and the single girl III”

Article in The New York Art Guide

Greetings cards – The Romantic Card Company – Beverley Hills (Planned)

Artist’s Palette Magazine, Schedules for November, 2004

Media

Many reviews and articles in newspapers and magazines

Contacts

Australia: Jeremy Holton, Peach Tree Arts, 740 Dibble St, MOUNT HELENA, Western Australia, Australia 6082

Phone Australia +61 411 580 903

Email jeremy@jeremyholton.com Web http://www.jeremyholton.com