Mid-week Merewether

For the past decade Dino Consalvo has been mesmerised by Merewether Beach and paints en plein air weekly using oil and recently gouache on board. These works have become recognisably works by Dino Consalvo and have been acquired by many local collectors. The paintings in his latest solo exhibition Mid-week Merewether represent Consalvo’s shift into capturing people at Merewether Ocean Baths during early morning en plein air sessions.  

Dino Consalvo’s first exhibition was in 1973 when he was 16 years old, a sell-out show that encouraged the young artist to pursue his interest in painting. He has been exhibiting ever since. Consalvo attended the Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne and Alexander Mackie, Sydney during the 1970s. He has exhibited in Melbourne, Sydney and Newcastle and is represented in private collections around the country as well as in institutions such as Art Bank, Coles Myer and University of Newcastle.