Ted Hillyer
Painter, model, child & cat
30.5×30.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
The artist and his landscape
18 March – 6 April 2023
Ted Hillyer was born in Campbelltown, NSW in 1936. He studied at the National Art School, East Sydney, from 1955 to 1959. In 1962, he and his wife, Kathy, settled in the Bellinger Valley. Both taught part-time to support his artistic pursuits.
Hillyer has created images of readily recognisable scenes of the region by using stylised forms, shapes and colour. These are connected by the interplay of light across the picture plane. His painting technique has been influenced by two North American regional artists, Edward Hopper and, to a lesser degree, Alex Colville. Studying Hopper helped Hillyer develop a way to incorporate the human presence in landscapes.
In this geometrically structured realistic technique, he has painted built and natural landscapes of this region. His body of work can be broadly grouped into three themes: the southern break wall and quarry in Coffs Harbour, swimming scenes of the Bellinger Valley, and natural landscapes of the Bellinger Valley and Glenreagh
Hillyer’s major aim in his painting is to portray the everyday joy and beauty of living in this area
- From the catalogue for Ted Hillyer’s survey exhibition at Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery
Ted Hillyer
Holiday reading
20×25.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Fishing on the wall
90.5×105.5 oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Bathers & Mountains
45×45cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Two Bathers
20×25cm oil on board
Ted HIllyer
Caravan & Cloud
20×20cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Self Portrait
76×61cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Dark Clouds & Shadows
53×43cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Glenreagh Landscape 1
152×101cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Glenreagh Landscape 2
152×101cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Glenreagh Landscape I & II as a diptych
Ted Hillyer
Hill Farm
122×91.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Canopy
20×25.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Windy Morning
59×89cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Waiting for the wave
33×38cm oil on board
Ted Hillyer
Glenreagh landscape
91×60.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Fire Tree
91.5×61cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Men & Women
each panel 205×82cm oil on board
may be purchased separately for $8,000 each
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Ted Hillyer
Blue boat & gulls
46.5×91.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Young Girl on Balcony
25×17cm oil on board
Ted Hillyer
Shower
76×61cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Self portrait
46×45.5cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Headland & Bushfire
61×76cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Still Life
76×51cm oil on canvas
Ted Hillyer
Woman & dog
61×77cm oil on canvas
