Flooded Desert, Andado Station 1994-1997
Oil on linen 150 x 260 cm Signed and dated Exhibited: Monash Science Centre; Modern Australian Paintings, Drawings and Prints.....
With a background in both science and anatomy, Peter Trusler's work reflects his extraordinary eye for detail and his love and celebration of the natural world.
Much of his career has been focused on recreating prehistoric animals for museums both here and overseas, working with scientists to illustrate specimens they had collected and illustrating birds, being one of only two Australian artists to be included in the English publication Twenieth Century Wildlife Artists.
Oil on linen 150 x 260 cm Signed and dated Exhibited: Monash Science Centre; Modern Australian Paintings, Drawings and Prints.....
Oil on Linen 30.5 x 40.5 cm Signed and dated
Watercolour and gouache on paper 34.5 x 25 cm Signed and dated Study of a Masked Owl corpse, Margaret River, WA
Graphite37.5 x 27.5 cmSigned; also inscribed on reverse Based upon sketches from Phillip Island Wildlife Park, 12.12.17$1,500
Graphite 38.5 x 28.5 cm Signed and dated ‘89
Pencil 28.3 x 38 cm Signed and inscribed Mornington Peninsula $1,150
Pencil 38.2 x 28.2 cm Signed unframed
Graphite pencil 14 x 12 cm Signed and dated 1974
Graphite 22 x 18 cm Signed and datedPeter Trusler illustrated the famous and popular book, Birds of The Australian Garden.....
Pencil 28.5 x 48.5 cm Signed and dated
Pencil 29 x 39 cm Signed, titled and dated unframed
Pencil and watercolour 37.1 x 27 cm Signed
pencil on paper 28 x 38 cm Signed, dated and inscribed Design Study for Silky Bantam cockerel
Pencil38.2 x 28.5 cmSigned and dated ’97Inscribed Video Transcription of Wild Birds
Pencil 39.4 x 29 cm Signed
Silver point28 x 46 cmSignedProvenance: Bridget McDonnell c1995; Hamish Turnbull; Marsha and Andrew Grimwade
Graphite on paper28 X 21.5 cmSigned, titled and dated$990
Pencil36 x 20 cmSigned and dated
Pencil 38 x 28.5 cm Signed, titled and dated 2010
Graphite27.5 x 37.5 cmSigned and dated; also inscribed Design study Acacia & Canary, Farm – South Namibia, 4th – 11th.....
Gouache15 x 32.5 cmSigned; also titled below mount
Watercolour and graphite 27.5 x 38 cm each Signed
Dead specimen; Sossusvlei, NamibiaWatercolour & gouache on paper26 x 37 cmSigned and dated
Watercolour and gouache15 x 14 cmSigned
Graphite38 x 27.5 cmSigned and dated