Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW;

Private collection, Sydney 

Autoportrait, Gallery Ecosse, Exeter, NSW, 6 July – 22 August 2013

The collection of Jeff Carter;
Private collection, Sydney.

In discussing this remarkable photograph of traffic leading
along Sydney’s busy thoroughfare of William Street, which
joins the city to Kings Cross, Carter explained that “… by
using a 200-60mm zoom lens, some half dozen city blocks
were compressed to make this dramatic study of the famous
street.” (quote supplied by Jeff Carter to the National
Library of Australia.) The foreshortening and compression
described by the artist adds to this dynamic and historic
scene so reminiscent of the early 1960s. The hoardings and
billboards, long since gone, and the chaotic jumble of traffic
heading toward the bohemian nightlife capital of Australia
speak to a time long since past.

Another example is held in the National Gallery of Australia.

Purchased Macquarie Galleries, c. 1962
Private collection, Sydney, c. 1962 – 2014
Private collection, Melbourne, 2014 – present 

In exposing the vastness of the landscape Boyd has managed to capture a beauty in its stillness. This particularly fine representation of the Wimmera displays a soft palette and painterly surface. Its subtle focal points, with darting birds in the foreground and grazing cattle in the middle‐ground, guide the eye into the composition, distilling the essence of place.

Boyd first encountered the Wimmera region in the 1940s and like generations of painters before him, was intrigued by the immensity of its landscape. He was drawn back to this, one of his favourite subjects, throughout the years. It is the works from this earlier period, however, that are among his most accomplished and desirable.

Private collection, Sydney

Private collection, Melbourne