William O’Shea
William O'Shea (1934–) is a Sydney-born painter known for oil paintings of rural and outback Australia. Before turning to painting full time in 1974, he worked in poster design and silk-screen printing, and lectured part-time at the Sydney School of Graphic Arts.
His subjects are distinctly Australian — woolsheds, timber mills, farm buildings, mining scenes, country pubs and homesteads — painted in a style immediately recognisable as his own. In 1981 he established the Bakers Swamp Gallery near Wellington in central-western NSW, close to the landscapes he paints.
O'Shea has painted extensively across NSW and into Queensland, with documented works from the Hunter Valley, the Central West, New England, and the far west around Bourke, as well as locations in south-east Queensland. Specific subjects include Muswellbrook, Jerrys Plains, Yeoval, Coonabarabran, Tenterfield, Glen Innes, Bourke, Cooma, and the MacDonald River valley.
He has held numerous solo exhibitions across eastern Australia and his work has sold into overseas collections. In 2001 he was awarded a fellowship by the Australian Institute of History and Arts for his contribution to traditional art. His paintings are frequently reproduced on calendars, cards and souvenirs, and he is listed in Germaine's Artists and Galleries of Australia. His work continues to appear regularly at auction
Painting of an Australian farm with sheep in the foreground, and two sheds behind it, set against a backdrop of distant mountains, framed in vintage style gold frame
Medium = Oils. Dimensions = 44x74cm
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Miniature in oils. Dimensions = 30x25cm
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Miniature in oils. Dimensions = 33x25xm
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An oil painting of an Australian outback farm scene with sheep and an old shearing shed, detailed, with a rustic brown and goldframe and rose blush background background.
Medium = Oils. Dimensions = 44x74cm
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Original oil painting by Australian artist William (Bill) O'Shea, depicting a billabong in the Warrumbungles, NSW. William O'Shea is an Australian artist known for rural and bush landscape subjects
Medium = Oils. Dimensions = 47×26cm (frame)
Slight flaking on side of frame. Price reflects condition
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Medium = Oils. Dimensions = 47×26cm (frame)
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Minature painting of an Australian outback farmhouse with cows grazing in the front yard, framed and hung on wall with white matting and gold frame
Dimensions = 26x31x3cm. Medium = oil
Painting and frame in excellent condition
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An oil painting of two old-style wooden farmhouses in the Australian outback. There is an empty patch of grass between them with some cows grazing. The sky above glows and has dark storm clouds. Birds flying overheadin distance. Framed in a plain gold frame on a white linen matting
Dimensions = 26x31x3cm. Medium = oil
Minature painting and frame in excellent condition
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