Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne, acquired 2007,The K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Queensland, Deutscher and Hackett, Works from the K.D.H. Ainsworth Collection, Melbourne, 26 March 2014, Lot 41
Private collection, Sydney

Daws’ tranquil and serene landscape depicts the soft rolling hills of Byron Bay’s hinterland as the morning sunlight spreads over them. In the background the promise of a clear sky reaches into the distance, while in the beautifully rendered foreground deeper tones of moss green and earthy browns meet the viewer in the shade that has not yet been reached by morning rays. Daws’ first major solo exhibition was held at The Australian Galleries in 1959. In 1961 his work was included in the Recent Australian Painting exhibition curated by the Whitechapel Gallery in London. It was also included in the Paris Biennale des Jeunes, Paris. Since then he has exhibited widely and his works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, all Australian state galleries, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, the National Gallery of China, Beijing, the Tate Gallery, London, The Royal Society, London, the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and numerous other national and international institutions