Ken Done

Artwork title: Mauve reef, 2024

Medium: Oil and acrylic on linen

Size: 150 cm x 120 cm

$40,000

About the Artwork

The sea is not really mauve but sometimes when I am diving on a reef it does seem to take on a strange pale purpley mauve glow. This painting explores how you can make intermittent marks to suggest the coral itself and tiny schools of cadmium fish darting just below the surface.

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About the Artist

Since his first solo exhibition in 1980, Ken Done has become one of Australia’s most famous artists. He has held over 100 one-man shows, including major exhibitions in Australia, Europe, Japan, Canada and the USA. His work has been shown in the Archibald, Sulman, Wynne, Blake and Dobel Prizes.

Major projects include the painting of a BMW Art car (on display Munich June-December 2025) and the total decorative scheme for the Garden Restaurant at The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. In 2002 the museum acquired Done’s commercial and design archive of over 300 items.

In 2025, The Art Gallery of New South Wales acquired a major painting, Sunday, 1980 which is currently hanging in the foyer of the gallery.

Photo: James Greer