Dan Cosgrove
Artist’s Statement
Having grown up on the plains of the Darling Downs, amidst the expanse of broadacre farming, Dan loves the big sky and long flat horizons. While his earlier paintings have reflected his farming heritage, this year he is expanding his painting subjects with interiors and urban landscapes.
Biography
Dan is a native of St Ruth, half way between Dalby and Cecil Plains. He grew up on “Jareel”, a broadacre dryland grain farm. From an early age he was sketching farm landscapes and doing the occasional painting, but music was the main art form in the Cosgrove household, and while Dan displayed some artistic talent, music was the trump card. He always knew though, that one day he would paint.
Missing out on the farming gig, as two of his brothers earned that coveted role, Dan headed afield and became an agricultural engineer. He eventually settled in Brisbane in 1991. The long-ago-planted call to paint eventually arose and he did his first acrylic painting course in 2008. Then in 2019 he enrolled in oil painting classes at Bienarte in Albion and has continued with oils since then. Dan returned to live at Jareel in September 2022 and held his debut solo exhibition “Farmer” at Gallery 107 Dalby in 2023. He has relocated to Bribie Island where he continues to paint.Influences
Vincent Van Gogh, Arthur Streeton, Elioth Gruner.
Exhibitions
Solo exhibition at Gallery 107, Dalby 2023 - "Farmer"
RME DAX 2023
Grammar Art Show 2023
The Tower Art Show 2024
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Dan Cosgrove
Take Five
51 x 61 x 4 cm Oil on Canvas $690.00
Dan Cosgrove
Moonlight Serenade
91 x 61 x 4 cm Oil on Canvas $790.00