Thomas Dean 'The Harpist' painting

Thomas Dean 'The Harpist' paintingThomas Dean came to Australia on the Commonwealth, a colonial vessel making the voyage from England to Sydney. Like many artists before him, he started life in Australia as labourer or more specifically a railway fettler. Travelling across New South Wales, Dean started taking and developing photographs which later led to an interest in painting after he befriended an itinerant painter. Despite railway fettling consuming most of his time, Dean

Windows are flung open

light and drama

diced by delicate fans is not only beautiful

Image Size: 16 x 9 cm

Image Size: 59 x 43 cm

Perhaps most striking however

Gippsland Art Gallery and the Victorian College of the Arts

He gained early notoriety dragging around a rotting pig's head that was chained to his ankle

Comes with Letter of Provenance

or just know the value of a good view - Makin’s landscapes will help your soul and home

Beard won the Welsh National Art Scholarship and proceeded to study at the Royal College of Art in London

Image Size: 30 x 45 cm