John Austin Photography

JBA at Lot2

Lot 2 Gallery is a new art gallery in Pemberton, Western Australia.  It is a venture by Leigh Grey-Smith, son of sculptor Mark Grey-Smith and grandson of painters Guy and Helen Grey-Smith.

Leigh Grey-Smith’s plan is to have an uncluttered professional gallery showing and selling work by, and books on, Australian south west regional artists and photographers.  No turned jarrah ball point pens or crocheted bog-roll covers.

The current exhibition shows work by Guy and Helen Grey-Smith, Tony Windberg and me.  The back room contains prints by Guy Grey-Smith, paintings by Dawn Brittain and a wall of mixed paintings.  The formal opening was on Friday 6th December.

End of opening, Lot2 Gallery, Pemberton 2024

My input consists of eight framed selenium toned silver gelatine prints, with two more in storage.  These are all large format, black and white forest and wetland landscape prints in editions of eight and selected from the formal aspect of my broader environmental documentation.  For the forest work this broader view is currently in book pre-publication stage and for wetlands a Unicup video is in production.

John Austin, photographs, Lot2 Gallery, Pemberton 2024

I had considered including 10x8” contact prints on Foma Warmtone paper, but the cost of production and framing makes selling these at sensible prices unrealistic.

The production photographs show Tony Windberg calculating spacing and Amanda, Charlie and Rae preparing for the opening.  I escaped by holding a Leica, which works every time. 

Tony Windberg calculating spacing, Lot2 Gallery, Pemberton 2024

Amanda, Charlie and Rae preparing for the opening, Lot2 Gallery, Pemberton 2024

Note: gallery interior pix to be re-photographed without reflections in the near future.