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The Gallery's purpose is to preserve, interpret, display and acquire the visual arts from the past and the present with an emphasis on the art of Western Australia and Indigenous art.

Mary Clifton Born 1822, died 1893, Australia This vivid and lively pencil sketch is an intimate and genuine attempt by Mary Clifton to faithfully record her new surroundings through close and considered observation. more information		Mary Clifton View of the Commissioner's cottage in Koombana Gardens 1841 pencil 19.5 x 27.0 cm (sight) State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia Gift of Mr Robert D Keall, great, great, great nephew of Mary Clifton, 2010

Taryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont Both born 1981, Perth With backgrounds in dance and music theatre, Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont have worked together since 2001 in a practice that encompasses photography, performance, film, installation, choreography, theatre and design to re-imagine history from a feminised perspective. more information		Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont Bride of the north 2009 ink jet print 128 x 174 x 45 cm (frame) State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia Purchased through the TomorrowFund, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2010

Therese Howard Born 1960, Perth Therese Howard’s What’s your poison? looks at the hierarchy and interplay of materiality through the guise of obsession and addiction. more information		Therese Howard What's your poison? 2009 bronze, sterling silver, 18ct gold, 115 diamonds, marble, wire and rat whiskers 21 x 16 x 23.5 cm State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia Purchased through the TomorrowFund, Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2010

Graham Miller Born 1966 (Hong Kong) Inspired by the tone of the late American poet and short story master, Raymond Carver, Graham Miller produces quiet, melancholic portraits of people and places. more information		Graham Miller abe's penny: a micro magazine (issue 1) 2010 postcard 10.2 x 15.3 cm State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia Gift of the Artist, 2010

Artist Unknown This watercolour depicts ‘St. Leonard’s’, the homestead and centre of its owner Edward Pomeroy Barrett Lennard’s farming ventures. Barrett Lennard had arrived in Perth from England in June 1829 and within six months was residing on land he had purchased and named St. Leonard’s in the upper reaches of the Swan River. He was to become a leading figure in the Guilford area and his family significant in the development of the Swan River colony and Western Australia. more information		Unknown St. Leonard's: The property of E.P. Barrett Lennard Esquire, Swan River, Western Australia c 1840s watercolour and ink 46.0 x 41.0 cm (irregular, rounded top corners) State Art Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia Purchased with funds from the Sir Claude Hotchin Art Foundation - Art Gallery of Western Australia Foundation, 2010

Last reviewed 2 February 2012

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