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David MILNE
In the temple, word and number,
Honour, faith, truth and slumber, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 153 x 275 cm
$24,000



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David MILNE
In the beginning, heavenly fire,
Out of the dark, glow and aspire, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 152 x 198 cm
$17,500



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David MILNE
The spirited ashes of our past, 2020
Acrylic on cotton duck, 102 x 153 cm
$7500



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David MILNE
Harvest blocks, reflected light,
Cosmic rays, and sacred might, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 96 x 153 cm
$7500



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David MILNE
The day of wrath, that dreadful day,
Heaven and earth shall pass away, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 96 x 153 cm



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David MILNE
Elohim powers wake from clay
Our living hear is sacred day, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 90 x 120 cm



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David MILNE
Elohim particles as light rain,
And radiate the sacred strain, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 90 x 120 cm
$6000



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David MILNE
Out of nothing through dark glare,
Stars so bright and breathing air, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 101 x 101 cm



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David MILNE
Elohim Powers, 2020
Acrylic on Irish linen, 91 x 91 cm
$4500



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David MILNE
Louder still the minstrels blew, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 51 x 100 cm
$2750



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David MILNE
A distant tuning sound one hears,
And life and death soon appears, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 61 x 76 cm



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David MILNE
Powers misused at hearts source, of guilt,
Of grief, and of remorse, 2020
Acrylic on Caravaggio linen, 46 x 56 cm
$1250



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David MILNE
The arch above must not fall,
Balanced cup in temple hall, 2020
Pine, compressed wood, pigment, 170 x 80 x 40 cm
$ 4000



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David MILNE
Female forest, lovely and strange,
I never thought it would change, 2020
Pine, compressed wood, pigment, 63 x 48 x 25 cm
$ 2500



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David MILNE
Every leaf bright to fade,
Evergreen in the shade, 2020
Redgum and acrylic on painted steel base, 285 x 30 x 1.5 cm



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David MILNE
Gathered groups in sheltering woods,
Until each breathing tree is hewed!, 2020
Redgum and acrylic on treated pine on painted steel base,
262 x 26 x 3.5 cm



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David MILNE
Generous dews bless the ground,
And noble monarch wood is crowned, 2020
Redgum and acrylic on treated pine on painted steel base,
262 x 26 x 3.5 cm



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David MILNE

Spiritualisation of the Matter:
Recent Paintings and Sculpture

23 Feb - 13 Mar 2021



Please join us for exhibition drinks with the artist on Wednesday, 24 Feb 2021, 6:30-8:30pm



With an exceptional understanding of colour, line and shape that has been developed and refined over his near 50 years as an artist, the symbols and patterns that David Milne places into his meticulous work combine to reflect his artistic background as a Modernist with an acute awareness and sensibility to the trends and aesthetics of Contemporary painting.


Milne’s approach is bold and striking at first glance, invariably complex and intricate upon further inspection, calming and measured when time is spent with his careful and considered hard edge abstractions, yet in essence Milne’s numinous compositions go beyond the painted surface. Part riddle and part ‘spiritualisation of the matter’, his coded visual language offers us access to longer arcs of time and more metaphysical notions of our sense of place via visual cues that have been used in Western and Eastern Art over centuries.


Drawing on his knowledge of alchemy, and particular interest in engravings of the Seventeenth Century, Milne’s multi-layered yet clear compositions are infused with historical iconography as well as elementary symbols. Designed around meditative inflection Milne allows us to see and engage with an artist who’s work is created for our aesthetic enjoyment without a need for excessive elaboration even though a more complicated subtext is present for those wanting to discover the rationale and musings that underpin his highly sophisticated ethereal tomes.


Milne has had significant commercial success over four decades of exhibiting with sell out exhibitions in the 1980s and 2000s either side of his successful career working in advertising for Saatchi & Saatchi as their National Creative Director in the 1990s. Creating some of his best and most important work to date, and through formal presentation and representation, Milne continues to accrue credence and recognition for his unique compositions, mark making and his approach to his artistic practice that he has been dedicated to throughout his life.


DAVID MILNE - CURRICULUM VITAE

TUE - FRI: 10 - 5
SAT: 11 - 5

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