Geoff Hargraves

Artist bio

I’m a printmaker Artist.
I left school to work at age 16. I loved drawing, but never had the opportunity to pursue any art education until after being made redundant at age 60.
I enjoyed creating reduction linocut prints, until a back injury mad carving plates painful, so I took up painting. I spent about 18 months painting in acrylics, and then progressed to oil paints. I now prefer painting in oils and use wood panels. I don’t like stretched canvas as the surface moves to the brushes touch.
I grew up in a small coastal fishing village and spent all my spare time surfing.
Later in my twenties I began sailing in Newcastle, and I wouldn’t continue with the sport until my second marriage when we moved to Sydney.
For the next 20 odd years we would have a yacht on Sydney Harbour, and the beauty of the natural world, especially the harbour and sea influences my work.

Current artworks

By Geoff Hargraves

Cronulla Surfboat

61cm (H) x 83cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Becalmed, China Sea Race

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Bc- Before Covid (The liner and the Bridge)

61cm (H) x 81cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Landfall, Lord Howe Island

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
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By Geoff Hargraves

Fx 215_48

40cm (H) x 61cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

FJ Holden

40cm (H) x 61cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

View From Milson's Point

76cm (H) x 76cm (W)

oil paint on st...
By Geoff Hargraves

The Plain in Spain

40cm (H) x 61cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Opera House South

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Opera House and Bridge Silhouette

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Opera House Paving Reflections

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Oyster Bar, Circular Quay

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Mangroves Kareena

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Atlantic Downwind

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Snapper Island

40cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Photoghapher and Dolphins

91cm (H) x 76cm (W)

oil paint on st...
By Geoff Hargraves

Coastal Wreck

102cm (H) x 102cm (W)

acrylic on stre...
By Geoff Hargraves

Bucket And Spade

102cm (H) x 102cm (W)

acrylic on stre...
By Geoff Hargraves

Night Opera House

60cm (H) x 90cm (W)

acrylic on stre...
By Geoff Hargraves

Wooli River Pelicans

76cm (H) x 91cm (W)

oil paint on st...
By Geoff Hargraves

Fishing Boat Ibiza

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Sydney Nye Fireworks 1

80cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Spinnaker Silhouette

80cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Yellow Spinnaker Silhouette

80cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Orange Spinnaker Silhouette

80cm (H) x 61cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Sydney Nye Fireworks 7

40cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Sydney NYE Fireworks 8

60cm (H) x 40cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Moorings ( Marina Reflections)

80cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

View From The Barrenjoey Track

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Ocean Light

70cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
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By Geoff Hargraves

Ocean Dawn

81cm (H) x 122cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Backhand

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Tumbarumba Wheel

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Blue Bowl

40cm (H) x 60cm (W)

oils on wood pa...
By Geoff Hargraves

Retire To Eden

60cm (H) x 80cm (W)

oils on wood pa...