Ghost Ship Studio

New works on paper from the Belgrade Sky series.

Belgrade Sky I 2025 watercolour, collage & shellac on Arches paper 42x30cm FW23086

Belgrade Sky II 2025 watercolour, collage & shellac on Arches paper 42x30cm FW23087

Belgrade Sky III 2025 watercolour, collage & shellac on Arches paper 42x30cm FW23088

Michael Eather created Liverpool Kiss in 1989.

The work combines stingrays and geographical imagery from Tasmania and the Northern Territory while recounting an evening out in Fortitude Valley in the 80s.

QAGOMA purchased the work in 1995.

Michael Eather created Yesterday is Here in 1994.

The work features some signature motifs used throughout Eather's art practice including map, portal and shield imagery.

QAGOMA purchased the work in 1995.

Michael Eather and Friends created Two Worlds between 1995-98.

The work consists of 15 panels made by Michael and 13 collaborating artists.

QAGOMA purchased the work in 1995.

Michael Eather's monumental 'Two worlds'

Watch QAGOMA's Artist Story on Michael Eather here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKtPqw3LdZE

Walala and Michael’s collaborative process reflects a dynamic relationship between artists and friends. An array of colour combinations - wrestling assorted backgrounds and foreground designs… old stories with new patterns.

Pattern Arrangements #5 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22554

Pattern Arrangements #6 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22555

Pattern Arrangements #7 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22556

Pattern Arrangements #8 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22557

Pattern Arrangements #11 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22560

Pattern Arrangements #12 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22561

Pattern Arrangements #13 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22562

Pattern Arrangements #15 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 76x56cm FW22564

Photos: Mick Richards

Walala Tjapaltjarri and Michael Eather have been working together for 25 years. With a suitcase full of his own vibrant and striped canvases, Eather recently travelled to Alice Springs. There, Tjapaltjarri reacted with his distinctive Tingari forms creating new zones of focus.

Walala Tjapaltjarri & Michael Eather A Paired Landscape (Pattern Arrangements) 2024 acrylic on Arches paper 106x86cm FW22797

Photo: Mick Richards

Over the years I have been commissioned to paint my stingray forms in some astonishing auto-colours, including Ferrari Rosso Red, Porsche Viper Green, Lexus blues even a Torana metallic purple.

This family of Verde Mantis green rays create their own space and place!

Photos: Mick Richards

Tall Ship Sirens (series) depicting fishing trophies + adventure stories that sit above the mantelpiece. Three white pearlescent stingray forms stream down the wall. Their slender tails mimic masts of a tall ship. A collection of bright pigment-coloured rocks sit on the shelf …symbolic of the mysterious destination, an unknown prize. Echoing Ulysses in The Odyssey who yearns to hear the songs of the sirens from his passing ship... he makes a contract with himself…to counter the laws of attraction. Perhaps a curious magnet dwells deep within the souls of all travellers?

Photo: Mick Richards

Sunday’s opening of Michael Eather: it is as if the ocean has reached out to feed us
at NURA GALLERY 136 Ocean Beach Rd Sorrento, 3943

Exhibition continues until 24 November 2024