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Peter Westwood
'A rushing rolling fish swimming sense to things', 2025, Oil on linen, 71.5 cm x 66.5 cm 'In the near future when everything has been infiltrated', 2026, Oil on linen, 114 cm x 92 cm 'A melancholic version', 2025, Oil on linen, 90 cm x 90 cm 'Let the body instruct the mind', 2025, Oil on linen, 68.5 cm x 68 cm 'Like a question mark that never settles', 2025, Oil on linen, 60 cm x 90 cm 'Language is not without danger', 2026, Oil on linen, 98 cm x 110 cm 'A bottomless bottomful feeling', 2026, Oil on linen, 95 cm x 94 cm 'Who rules the world', 2025, Oil on linen, 64.5 cm x 116.5 cm 'Thisawatthataway', 2026, Screenprint (edition of 12), Arches BFK RIVES paper, 86 cm x 129.5 cm, Printer A.C Editions 'The odd paradox of having become less rather than more', 2026, Screenprint (edition of 12), Arches BFK RIVES paper, 49 cm x 52 cm, Printer A.C Editions 'The more it matters, the less it matters', 2026, Screenprint (edition of 6), 4 panels of Arches BFK RIVES paper, 1030 cm x 1200 cm, Printer A.C Editions 'Such singular times of odd things and precarious moments', 2025, Oil on linen, 80 cm x 125.5 cm 'If you don’t look twice …', 2026, Oil on linen, 69 cm x 102 cm And a second mishap, 2024. Oil on linen, 78 x 56.5cm A peculiar household, 2024. Oil on linen, 61 x 45cm A further incident, 2024. Oil on linen, 82 x 56cm” Double act, 2024. Oil on linen, 71 x 62cm. Things were Invented but this is a Faithful and true account of everything That Happened, 2023. Oil on linen, 150 x 141cm. Falling off the floor, 2024. Oil on linen, 135 x 180cm. The Show of Delights, 2023, Oil on linen, 166 x 126cm. You can get stuck, but with too much change you go chaotic, 2021. Oil on linen, 138 x 125cm.” Spooky action, 2023. Oil on linen, 160 x 190cm. Aftermath, 2024. Screenprint; composition and sheet 53.75 cm x 66 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm No one wanted to let the precious liquid out, so they stored it carefully and held on to it tightly, 2024.  Screenprint; composition and sheet 67 cm x 51 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm Agent Object Subject, 2024.  Screenprint; composition and sheet 50.5 cm x 67.5 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm; The undoing of an action, 2024.; Screenprint; composition and sheet 59.5 cm x 52 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm What happens when we don’t hold on to something, 2024. Screenprint; composition and sheet 67 cm x 51.5 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm No sign of anything stopping, 2024. Screenprint; composition and sheet 63 cm x 50.5 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm Hit + Miss, 2024. Screenprint, diptych; composition 67.7 x 54.7 cm, left sheet 67.7 cm x 46.5 cm, right sheet 67.7 cm x 50.7 cm. Acrylic ink on BFK Rives White 280gsm T-Shirts: A persistent mix-up, 2022 (onwards), Cotton T-shirts with printed text. Photo: Valentin Wedde T-Shirts: A persistent mix-up, 2022 (onwards), Cotton T-shirts with printed text. Photo: Valentin Wedde T-Shirts: A persistent mix-up, 2022 (onwards), Cotton T-shirts with printed text. Photo: Valentin Wedde Negative horizon, Oil on linen, 130 cm X 140 cm Tomorrow + Tomorrow, Oil on linen, beads, 145 cm X 101 cm  All of this is true, most of it happened, 2021, Oil on linen, 164cm X 125cm  Field of Sorrow (Untethered), 2021, Oil on linen and cotton hand-coloured threads, 166 x 125 cm  The moment everything happened, 2021, Oil on linen, 108 cm x 188 cm  Eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes, 2021, Oil on linen, 131cm X 122cm  You can get stuck, but with too much change you go chaotic, 2021, Oil on linen, 138cm X 125cm I mixed up the idea of space between humans and objects, 2020, Oil on linen, 119cm X 93cm The Fantastic Narrative, 2020, Oil on linen, 130cm X 90cm Fears may persist, 2019-20, Oil on linen, 120 cm x 85.5 cm  My fears are about things that I've never really seen, 2019-20, Oil on linen, 120.5 cm x 93 cm  Accelerants, 2019, oil on linen, 100cm x 120cm. Photographer: Simon Strong Charlatan, 2019, oil on linen, 91cm x 66cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. Fugitive energies, 2019, oil on linen, 132cm x 92cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. No Change, much the same, 2017, oil on linen, 140cm x 101.5cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. Our father’s effect, 2015, oil on linen, 86.5cm x 96.5cm. Photographer: Simon Strong Taxonomies, 2019, oil on linen, 97cm x 137.5cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. What is the Story for Tomorrow?, 2019, oil on linen, 97cm x 137.5cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. Land’s end, 2017, oil on linen, 97cm x 137.5cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Light bags, 2016, oil on linen, 122cm x 112cm. Photography: Simon Strong. New Order (2), 2017, oil on linen, 88cm x 118.2cm. Photography: Simon Strong. After all, 2017, oil on linen, 134.5cm x 180.5cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Caught up, 2017, oil on linen, 153cm x 91.5cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Birdshead World, 2017, oil and carbon pigment on linen, 140cm x 94cm. Photography: Simon Strong. The Negative, 2017, oil on linen, 107.5cm x 118cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Corner burn, 2017, Photograph, 39.7cm x 29cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Our fathers effect, 2015, 2 x panels. L: Ink jet print, 122cm x 102cm. R: Oil on linen; 86.5cm x 96.5cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. Passivity; after ‘an episode from a fight’, 2015, oil on linen, 149cm x 79cm. 2016 Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize. Photographer: Simon Strong. The inside, 2014, oil on linen, 92cm x 122cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. The painting, the photograph – the whole shebang, 2015, oil on linen, 50.5cm x 60.5cm. Based on a photograph by Alex Salinas. Photographer: Simon Strong. The poor hospital, 2012, oil on linen, 92cm x 128cm. RMIT University Collection. Photographer: Simon Strong. The poor hospital, 2012, oil on linen, 92cm x 128cm. RMIT University Collection. Photographer: Simon Strong. Maintaining control, 2014 (framed), oil on linen, 86cm x 80cm. Photographer: Simon Strong. Reliquaries, 2014, 2 x panels. L: Oil on linen, 183cm x 133cm. R: Ink jet print, 100cm x 66.5cm (framed and titled Indelible). Photographer: Simon Strong. Installation view: video, data projectors, laptop, ipads, perspex, paper, Sculpey, circular ply table tops with aluminium supports, and aluminium foil covering various window panes. Photograph, the artist. Installation view: video, data projectors, laptop, ipads, perspex, paper, Sculpey, circular ply table tops with aluminium supports, and aluminium foil covering various window panes. Photograph, the artist. Installation view: video, data projectors, laptop, ipads, perspex, paper, Sculpey, circular ply table tops with aluminium supports. Photograph, the artist. Installation view: video, data projectors, laptop, ipads, perspex, paper, Sculpey, circular ply table tops with aluminium supports. Photograph, the artist. Installation view: video, data projectors, laptop, ipads, perspex, paper, circular ply table tops. Photograph, the artist. Installation view: video, data projectors, laptop, ipads, perspex, paper, circular ply table tops. Photograph, the artist. Looking, 2012, oil on linen, 102cm x 136cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Next, next next … 2011, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. No Plan #2, 2012, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. No plan, 2012, oil on linen, 153cm x 175cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Not too close, not too far, 2011, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. Nowhere #2, 2012, oil on linen, 110cm x 126cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Nowhere, 2012, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. On the inside, 2013, oil on linen, 112cm x 112cm. Photography: Simon Strong. Out there, 2013, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. Show, 2013, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. The last time, 2013, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. Transit zone, 2013, oil on linen. Photography: Simon Strong. The Law of Unintended Consequences, 2010, Oil on linen, 143cm x 203 cm. Photographs, the artist. Thinking about the dismal science, 2010, Oil and collage on linen, 170cm x 111cm. Photographs, the artist. Every opportunity has a danger, 2010. Oil on linen, 102 cm x 107 cm. Photographs, the artist. Dear Head, 2010, Oil on linen, 143cm x 203cm. Photographs, the artist. For those who are too embarrassed, 2010, Oil on linen, 180cm x 116cm. Photographs, the artist. Close Fit, 2003. Acrylic on paper, 69 cm x 100 cm. Capacity, 2004. Oil on linen, 83 cm x 144 cm. Yellow snow, 2004. Gouache on rice paper, 138 cm x 100 cm. Who Knows, 2003. Gouache, acrylic and collage on paper, 60 cm x 75 cm. Risk #1, 2004. Oil on linen, 83 cm x 123 cm. Risk #2, 2003. Oil and collage on linen, 83 cm x 123 cm. Pep Talk, 2003. Oil on linen, 83 cm x 123 cm. Art Bank (Sydney) Collection. Day and night, 2004. Oil on linen, 123 cm x 172 cm. The similarities and differences between Matthew Collings and Me, 2004. Oil on linen. Two panels 102 cm x 93 cm. Untitled, 2003. Oil on linen. 121 cm x 91.4 cm. Winter, 2003. Oil on linen. 91.4 cm x 138 cm. Unseasonal weather, 2003. Oil and acrylic on linen. 91.4 cm x 152 cm. Style, 2004. Oil on linen. 121 cm x 91.4 cm. Storm and stress, 1991, oil and found objects on canvas, 198cm x 183cm. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Shell Australia Limited, 2002. Overtake, 1990, oil on stretched plastic, on cardboard on canvas, 167cm x 213cm. Interior, 1991, oil and found objects on canvas, 183cm x 198cm. Half a Place, 1991, oil on stretched plastic, over found objects on canvas, handmade frame with pigment, 198cm x 183cm. EEE (Epileptic Electric Energies), 1991, oil over acrylic, over found objects on canvas, 198cm x 183cm. Victoria University Collection, Melbourne. Throwing a Look 2, 1987. Oil and cardboard on canvas, 182.0 x 197.0 cm. Throwing a Look 3, 1987. Oil on canvas, 182.0 x 197.0 cm. Art Gallery of Ballarat Collection (Gift through the Arts Scheme, 1992. Photograph: Ballarat Gallery. Untitled, 1987. Wood, metal, synthetic polymer paint impasto and oil on canvas, 152 x 180 cm. Geelong Gallery Collection (Gift of ICI Australia, 1995. Photograph: ICI Australia. I am now in a position to avail myself, 1986. Acrylic and pastel on paper, 133 cm × 174 cm. Untitled, 1989. Wood, metal, synthetic polymer paint impasto and oil on canvas, 152 x 180 cm. Photograph: Jeff Busby. For reasons which I shall make obvious to you, 1986. Acrylic and pastel on paper, 133 cm × 174 cm. Michell Endowment Collection, National Gallery of Victoria. You will be glad to learn, 1986. Acrylic and pastel on paper, 133 cm × 174 cm. Not just ignorant, but stupid, 1986. Acrylic and pastel on paper, 133 cm × 174 cm. I’ve been thinking it over ever since, 1986. Acrylic and pastel on paper, 133 cm × 165 cm. I shall not go into details, 1986. Acrylic, string and pastel on paper 134 cm x 177 cm. International Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. In a more secure manner, 1986. Acrylic, string and pastel on paper 134 cm x 177 cm.