Wendy Sharpe - Bibliography

2010 Taggart, Louise (forward to catalogue) "Slow Burn - A century of woman artists from a private collection" pages 218-219

2010 Selinger-Morris Samantha "Profile of artist Wendy Sharpe" Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrum, July 17-18 p4

2010 Sisley, Alan "Tales from the City" Bernard Ollis and Wendy Sharpe, exhibition catalogue, Orange Regional Art Gallery

2010 Lopez, AnneMarie, Art Box Office (image) The Magazine, Sydney April p57

2010 The Planner 'ETC, Open Studios' Sydney Morning Herald, Spectrumr, March 20-21 p20

2010 Celebrating Australia Day "Water" (image) Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, Jan 26, inside cover

2010 "Art and War" (image) Incubate, COFA publication, Sydney, issue 4, p73

2009 Schwartzkoff, Louise "Perfectly at Easle" Sydney Morning Herald, Metro, May 8, p22

2009 "War Room" Sydney Morning Hearald, Spectrum, April 25-26, p22

2009 Matchett, Stephen "The Art of War" Weekend Australian Review, April 25-26

2009 "New-Selected Work and Recent Exhibitions" QLD University, p64

2009 Van Witt, Kathleen "Collections" Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, p33

2009 Allen, Christopher "Land's End" Weekend Australian Review, March 28

2008 Gillies, Fiona "In the Frame" My Space lift out, The Sunday Telegraph, Oct 26, cover & p6-7

2008 Simmonds, Diana "Travels with my Art" The Weekend Australian, Oct 11-12, p4

2008 Macdonald, Cindy "UpFront - your time starts now" Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend Oct 11-12, p16

2008 Allen, Christopher "Walk the Line" Weekend Australian Review, Sept 20-21

2008 Cockington, James "The God of small things" Sydney Morning Herald Sept 10 p13

2008 Mc Cormick, Alice & Rhodes, Sarah "The Artists Lunch" Hard cover book, published by Murdoch books p180-193

2008 Fortesque, Elizabeth "Sharpe has an exquisite French Connection" Daily Telegraph, May p24

2008 Macdonald, John "Snapshot" Sydney Morning Herald, May 31, p16-17

2007 Lloyd, Ian & Macdonald, John "Studio - Australian Painters on the Nature of Creativity" published by R. Ian Lloyd Productions, p184-187, 276

2006 Atkinson, Frances “What I ‘ve learnt” The Age, Dec 16 p10, A2

2006 “Mona Lisa’s Guile Smile“, Daily Telegraph, Sept 21, p43

2006 Lucinda Schmidt, “Pro file – Wendy Sharpe” The Age, Sept 20

2006 Lucinda Schmidt, “Pro file – Wendy Sharpe” Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 20

2006 “Witness to War” Good weekend Sydney Morning Herald, August 8, p17

2006 Meacham, Steve “In The Army zone“ Sydney morning Herald, July 30

2006 Macdonald, John “Tor of Duty by Lens and Brush”; June 22-23 p16-17

2006 Pinson, Peter, John “The Australian Watercolour Institute” published by Philip Mathews p144-145

2006 Brown, Rachel: ’Portrait reveals Mary…” The Sun Herald, April 9 p3

2006 Fortesque, Elizabeth: ‘What’s the Form?’ The Daily Telegraph, Sydney live, Mar 23 p2

2006 Byrne, Wenona: ‘Wendy Sharpe - Erskineville, every surface has its day, Sydney Morning Herald, (Domain), Feb 23, p5

2005 Craig, Sunundra : ‘I wish I painted that - Wendy Sharpe on Goya’s light of the witches,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 28, p24

2005 Verghis, Sharon : ‘Art School Battle hits the streets,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 22, p7

2005 Verghis, Sharon: ‘Battle Lines are Drawn,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 12-13, p37

2005 Helen Musa: ‘Chapman Gallery’s Coup,’ Canberra Times, Sep 2, p8

2005 Sonia Barron: ‘Intimate Works of Vigour,’ Canberra Times, Sep 28, p12

2005 Sandra McLean: ‘Visual Arts,’ Courier Mail, June 2, p21

2005 Sebastian Smee: ‘Face Value,’ Weekend Australian, Apr 23-24, p4

2004 Speck, Catherine: ‘Painting Ghosts,’ published by Craftsman House Press, p200-203

2004 Churcher, Betty: ‘The Art of War,’ published by The Miegunyah Press, p166-168

2004 Weight, Greg: ‘Australian Artists,’ published by Chapter & Verse, p166

2004 Davies, Alan: ‘n Eye for Photography,’ published by The Miegunyah Press, p104-105

2004 Hill, Peter: ‘Creative thoughts,’ The Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 20, p44

2004 Mclean, Sandra: ‘Different Destination,’ The Courier Mail, Oct 8, p4

2004 Li, Jingzhe: ‘Australian Contemporary Painting,’ Published by Shanghai Peoples Fine Arts Publishing House, p101-104

2004 Brown, Phil: ‘Wendy Sharpe’s brush with travel,’ Brisbane News, Oct, p39

2004 Hill, Peter: ‘Two to tango’ Sydney Morning Herald Oct 16-17 p18

2004 Hill, Peter ‘Two to tango’ Spectrum-Sydney Morning Herald, Oct.16-17, p18

2004 Pierce, Peter: ‘Dispatches from the Homefront,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Sept 4-5, p13

2004 Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘city at night,’ Sydney Live-The Daily Telegraph, April 9, p65

2004 Higson, Rosalie: ‘The Face,’ Profile-The Weekend Australian, April 10-11, pR3*

2004 Morgan, Joyce: ‘Enter at their own risk,’ Spectrum-Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 6-7, p4

2004 𠆊rtist Week- Visual Arts Program,’ Adelaide Festival Artist Week, Feb28-Mar 4

2003 Reid, Michael: 'Always buy the works you love,' The Weekend Australian, Feb 8-9, p42

2003 Higson, Rosalie: ‘Work from a woman’s perspective,’ The Australian, Sept 26, p16

2003 Low, Lenny Ann: ‘Paper and tigers,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 11-12

2003 Fortescue,Elizabeth: ‘A Sharpe focus on herself,’ The Daily Telegraph, Sept 26, p105

2003 Verghis, Sharon: ‘Rampant colour and chaos float in teacup over sea of restraint,’ SMH, Sept 26, p5

2003 Visual: ‘A Thousand Words-East Timor Concert,’ The Weekend Australian Mag, Dec 20-2, p2

2003 Musa, Helen: ‘New book captures the true colours of war,’ The Canberra Times, May 21

2003 Guerrera, Orietta: ’Book marks artists in conflict,’ The Age, May 21, p7

2003 Price, Jenna: ‘Painting in sharp focus,’ The Canberra Times, June 14, p17

2003 Wilkins, Lola [editor]: ‘Artist in Action (from the collection of the Australian War Memorial),’ Australian War Memorial Publication [front cover image]

2003 Gower, Steve: ‘Artist in Action (from the collection of the Australian War Memorial),’ Australian War Memorial Publication, Lola Wilkins [editor], p156-157

2003 Minus, Jodie: 'The Face-Gavin Wilson,' The Weekend Australian, Feb 8-9, pR3

2003 Symmonds, Diana: ‘An Artist at her Peak,’ Sunday Telegraph, Oct 19, p120

2003 Ball, Amelia: ‘Portrait wins Praise,’ The Glebe and Inner Western Weekly, Oct 8, p23

2003 Buttenshaw, Lucy, ‘Wendy Sharpe and Janna Ferris,’ (cover), Pottery in Australia, Spring/Summer, p23

2003 Bojic, ‘Zoja: Sunce Juznog Neba,’ Published by Ruma, Yugoslavia

2003 Callagon, Greg: ‘A thousand Words-A painting by Wendy Sharpe,’ The Weekend Australian Magazine, Dec 20-21

2002 Thomas, David: ‘Erotica Today,’ catalogue for ‘rotica’ exhibition, Metro5, Feb.27- Mar 17

2002 Aldred, Debra: ‘Ms Contrary,’ The Courier Mail, Nov6, p23

2002 Low, Lenny Anne: ‘Lets be serious, it’s Archibald time,’ Sydney Morning Herald, May 24

2002 Lumby, Carrie: ‘Two Kings,’ Australian Art Collector, Issue 19, Jan-March, p62

2001 McDonald, John: ‘Australian Art and Society 1901- 2001,’ catalogue for ‘Federation’ exhibition, National Gallery of Australia

2001 Blinksell, Magella: ‘Wendy Sharpe,’ Reviews, Muse, August, p11

2001 Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘The Year of Living Famously,’ Daily Telegraph, March 10, p12&13

2001 Morgan, Joyce: ‘How to win the Archibald,’ Sydney Morning Herald, March 5, p2&14

2001 Bevan, Scott: ‘East Timor Drawings,’ (cover and review), Newcastle Herald Weekend Supplement, Feb 24

2000 Taylor, Elena: ‘Christmas in East Timor,’ Art on View, National Gallery of Australia, Summer,p17

2000 Wilkens, Lola: ‘New Beginnings-East Timor,’ catalogue – Australian War Memorial

2000 Kidd, Courtney: ‘Critic’s Picks,’ Sydney Morning Herald, August 18-24, pp27

2000 Hynes, Victoria: ‘Sharpe focus on East Timor,’ Galleries,-Sydney Morning Herald, August, p15

2000 Auty, Giles: ‘Into the breach with paintbrush,’ Arts Review-TheWeekend Australian, Arts Review, July 15-16, p23

2000 Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘At The Sharpe End,’ The Daily Telegraph, July 8, p112

2000 Taylor, Kerry: ‘Art gives a glimpse of Timorese journey,’ The Canberra Age, July 5, p7

2000 Wills, Jenny: ‘house painting,’ The Sunday Telegraph, June 25, p17

2000 ‘Sharp images of battle,’ The Sun Herald, June 25

2000 Szczepaniak, Alex: ‘art keeps the peace,’ LOOK magazine (Art Gallery of NSW), May 18-20

2000 James, Bruce: Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 25, p12

2000 Duncan, Susan: ‘Images of war (Wendy Sharpe in East Timor),’ The Australian Women’s Weekly, March, p56-57

2000 Smee, Sebastian: ‘Between the lines,’ Spectrum, Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 11, p12

2000 ‘Beyond the Frame,’ Visual Arts Resource Package, Department of Education and Training

1999 Stuart, Sarah: ‘Sydney’s new pool opens with a splash,’ Sunday Telegraph, Feb 8

1999 Ryan, Anne: ‘Australia’s mermaid,’ LOOK magazine (Art Gallery of NSW), August, p20,35-36

1999 Trute, Peter: ‘Water wonderland,’ The Daily Telegraph, July 30, p21

1999 Jamieson, Tim: ‘A pool of resources is the new way to park,’ Sydney Morning Herald, July 20

1999 Morgan, Joyce: ‘Vaudeville star makes a new splash,’ June

1999 McCabe, Susan: ‘Million Dollar Mermaid,’ artwrite, issue #18, p28-29

1999 Hallett, Bryce: ‘Captain canvas reporting for duty,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 9, p1

1999 Albert, Jane: ‘New war artist expecting a grim picture,’ The Australian, Dec 9, p5

1999 Ross, Peter: ‘Let’s Face It (The History of the Archibald Prize),’ Art Gallery of NSW[front cover image]

1999 Ross, Peter: ‘Let’s Face It (The History of the Archibald Prize),’ Art Gallery of NSW, p110- 111&140

1999 Smee, Sebastian: ‘In Combative Mode,’ The Galleries, Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 12, p17

1999 Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘Images True to Life (Drawing on History),’ Nov 13, p36

1999 Moore et al: (Cover), Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 9

1999 Saleh, Lillian: ‘Woman to capture our Timor soldiers,’ The Daily Telegraph, Dec 9, p19

1999 Gotting, Peter: ‘Artist draws on horror, heroism,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 31

1998 Mooney, Susan: ‘Archibald in its intimacy,’ Inner Western Suburbs Courier, March 9

1998 Kolenberg, Hendrik: ‘Australian Drawings from the Art Gallery of NSW Collection,’ (book)

1997 Watson, Bronwyn: ‘It pays to read between the lines,’ Art-The Bulletin, Sept 23, p73

1997 McDonald, John: ‘Serious Fun,’ Sydney Morning Herald, May 10

1997 Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘Winner rides a higher profile,’ The Daily Telegraph, March 21, p 42

1996 Turner, Brook: ‘Suffering for our art,’ Agenda, Sydney Morning Herald, July 26, p13

1996 Merten, Margaret: ‘Body of work,’ Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald Magazine, June 29, p18-19

1996 James, Bruce: ‘Dedication and a sensual dignity,’ The Age, March 27, pA20

1996 Cochrane,Peter: ‘Diana in thongs walks off with Archibald,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Mar 25, p1

1996 McDonald, John: ‘The sentimental prize,’ Spectrum Arts, Sydney Morning Herald, March 16, p14s

1996 Fraser, Jane: ‘A revealing view of women as winner,’ The Weekend Australian, March 9-10, p1

1996 McDonald, John: ‘Archibald and the sex goddess: the art prize that surprises,’ SMH, March 9

1996 Smee, Sebastian: ‘Win lose and draw,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Oct

1995 James, Bruce: ‘Geach winner true to award’s ideals,’ The Melbourne Age, Nov 8

1995 Auty, Giles: ‘There’s no place for arrogance,’ The Weekend Australian, Oct 22

1995 McDonald, John: ‘brush power,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 21

1995 McGillick, Paul: ‘Talented Women on Show,’ Art-The Financial Review, Oct 20

1995 Cochrane, Peter: ‘A portrait of the artist-with milk-crate,’ Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 20

1995 James, Bruce: ‘The Archibald, a portrait of dishwasher dullness,’ The Age, April 19

1995 Fortescue, Elizabeth: ‘Drawing from Life,’ The Daily Telegraph Mirror, April 29, p107

1995 James, Bruce: ‘Archibald Prize,’ Review-The Age Mar 27

1994 Lynn, Elwyn: ‘Solemn search for the soul,’ The Australian Weekend Review, Mar 26, p10

1992 Fenner, Felicity: ‘Sexuality in the Work of Six Contemporary Women Painters,’

1992 Art and Australia, Spring

1992 Dysart, Dinah & Paroissien, Leon: editors of ‘Eroticism – Images of Sexuality in Australian Art,’ Craftsman House

1991 Fenner, Felicity: ‘A Figurative Focus,’ (catalogue essay), Tamworth City Gallery, April-May

1991 The Sydney Review, Aug

1991 Webb, Belinda: catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Aug

1990 Delaruelle, Jacques: Art Monthly, April

1989 Gibson, Emily: Sydney Morning Herald, June 18

1989 Allen, Christopher: Sydney Morning Herald, June 23

1989 Loxley, Anne: ’Modern Muses: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, 1940– 1989,’ catalogue, SH Ervin Gallery

1988 Loxley, Anne: Sydney Morning Herald, Nov 27

1987 Hoad, Brian: The Bulletin, Jan 13

1987 McDonald, John: Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 3


from 'The Artists Lunch' by Sarah Rhodes and Alice & Mc Cormick 2008