Gareth Sansom
Damn my darling doosra 2009—10
oil, enamel, straw coaster and laminated digital photographs on canvas
195 x 195 cm
© Courtesy the artist, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne; Milani Gallery, Brisbane; and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Photo: Andrew Curtis
Damn my darling doosra 2009—10
oil, enamel, straw coaster and laminated digital photographs on canvas
195 x 195 cm
© Courtesy the artist, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne; Milani Gallery, Brisbane; and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Photo: Andrew Curtis
Gareth Sansom is one of Australia’s most highly regarded painters. For over five decades depictions of the human body have remained central to his practice. His painting for the Basil Sellers Art Prize is a combination of collage and painted elements focusing on a spin bowling delivery called the doosra, and the physical and mental contortions required to master this technique. Sansom’s work also references his youth when he was a leg-spin bowler for Essendon Cricket Club in the late 1950s and early 1960s.