"What a stellar line-up of artists it is who have agreed to participate in this fund-raising endeavour .
I’m so proud to be associated with this project. Everything about it from the selection of the artists to the works reproduced, let alone the quality of reproduction, is first class.
I’m frankly a little worried by the extra-ordinary quality of reproduction that has been achieved. I can see trouble in the years ahead as these superb limited edition prints come back onto the market where they could so easily be taken as originals and priced accordingly.
They represent astonishing value as the artists are among the most sought-after in
Australia and limited edition prints continue to increase in value in the art market today.”
Philip Bacon AM, Director, Philip Bacon Galleries,
Brisbane,
Australia.
(Philip Bacon Galleries is the largest private gallery in
Australia and rated by many, including Barry Humphries, as the finest private gallery in Australia and one of the best in the world. Mr Bacon is an internationally known and widely respected art expert and valuer, art patron and philanthropist. He established Philip Bacon Galleries, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane in 1974.
The late 1980s saw Mr Bacon as Art Consultant to Expo 1988 and an adviser to the Estate of Lady Trout. In 1990, he was made a consultant and adviser to the Margaret Olley Art Trust, becoming in 1994 a member of the Advisory Council, Griffith University - Queensland College of Art. Between 1995 to 1996, Mr Bacon was an adviser to the Trustees and Executors of the Johnstone Gallery estate. Mr Bacon become a board member of the Brisbane Biennial International Music Festival in 1996. In 1998 Mr Bacon was made a board member of the Brisbane Festival and placed on the Council of Advice for the Australian Chamber Orchestra. The following year saw Mr Bacon as a board member of the Brisbane Institute and a member of the Advisory Council, Griffith University, Queensland Conservatorium.
In 1994 Mr Bacon became a member of the board of Opera Australia, a position he still holds. He was a member of the Council of the National Gallery of Australia from 1996 to 2003 and has been a Trustee of the Gordon Darling Foundation since 2000. He is a Founder / Benefactor of the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and Perpetual Donor and member of the Board of the Foundation of the National Gallery of Australia.
Mr Bacon was made a Member, Order of Australia in 1999 receiving in the same year a Doctor of Philosophy (honoris causa) from the University of Queensland and in 2002 a Doctor of the University from Griffith University).
"I would not have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. This print could hang on a gallery wall anywhere and it shows what can be achieved today. I’m so impressed I’m actually increasing my original valuation of it - and I think it’s worth every cent of that and more”
Michael Eather, Director, Fireworks Galleries,
Brisbane
Australia. (representing Barbara Weir)
"This is simply the best reproduction of my work that I have seen”.
Doctor Margaret Olley AO. Artist, ‘Eucharist Lilies’.
Sydney,
Australia.
"This print is superb. Only one person can own the original but now 99 more people can own something that is so accurate that even I have to look very carefully to tell it from the original”.
Cressida
Campbell, Artist, ‘Nasturtiums’. Sydney, Australia.
"A great reproduction! Philip (Bacon) is right – people will probably try to pass them off as originals”.
Ray Crooke, Artist,’ Family Group,
Fiji’.
Cairns,
Australia.
"The only way I can tell the print from the original is by actually touching it!”.
Wendy Sharpe, Artist. ‘
Paris Studio’. Sydney, Australia.
"Even members of my own family have difficulty believing this is a print – you’ve actually captured the texture of my brush strokes … and superbly accurate colour too. Congratulations – this the first time anyone has been able to create a print of my work to my satisfaction”
Ralph Wilson, Artist, ‘
Moon
Point
Fraser
Island’.
Brisbane,
Australia.
