Greg Daly Dawn & Dusk

GREG DALY (Australia, b. 1954) Dusk and Dawn 2011 Glazed stoneware 20cm height Acquired 2011 TEMP 02 & TEMP 03

Biography:

Greg Daly is a well-regarded ceramicist, former lecturer and currently, Visiting Fellow, School of Art and Design at the Australian National University.

Practising as a professional artist since 1976, Daly has regularly exhibited nationally and internationally, participated in numerous curated group exhibitions at regional Australian public galleries and institutions in addition to international biennales across the globe.  He has also been a finalist in many art awards including the prestigious Sidney Myer Fund International Ceramic Art Award (2002), and the Calleen Art Award (2004).

Daly is also a published authority on ceramics and glazes.  (Refer Bibliography).

Daly is represented in many Australian state and public institutions, museums and regional galleries, including the National Gallery of Australia and the Australian National Gallery, and internationally, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, and Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan.

Artwork:

“Dusk” and “Dawn” are two rondel shaped vessels which demonstrate Daly’s mastery of lustre and glazing.  A clue for Daly’s inspiration is the titles of his works, i.e. “Morning Mist”, “Approaching Storm”, in other words, the changing light as discerned in the natural landscape.  The time of day in these works, dusk and dawn, are beautifully alluded to by way of Daly’s carefully chosen palette and surface texture.

Bibliography:

Daly, Greg, Lustre, Bloomsbury, Great Britain, 2018

Daly, Greg, Glazes and Glazing TechniquesL A Glaze Journey, Gentle Breeze Publishing Co., 1995

Daly, Greg, Developing Glazes, American Ceramic Society, 2013

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Works held in the National Gallery of Victoria, and the National Gallery of Australia.