Larry Mitchell

“I have witnessed dramatic changes to some of the most beautiful and fragile places on earth… I paint them because I want to record them before they are lost.”
- Larry Mitchell

Larry Mitchell is a renowned Western Australian painter celebrated for his luminous, large-scale depictions of coastal and ocean environments. Based in Fremantle, Mitchell has spent decades documenting fragile marine landscapes, particularly in the Abrolhos Islands, the Kimberley coast, and remote South Pacific atolls. His meticulous, realist style combines rich colour, atmospheric light, and a deep sense of place, capturing both the beauty and vulnerability of these environments. Working from extensive on-site research, sketches, and photographs, Mitchell’s paintings serve as both visual records and environmental commentaries, highlighting the impact of climate change and human activity on delicate ecosystems. His work is represented in major public, corporate, and private collections, and he remains an influential voice in Australian contemporary landscape painting.

Image: Ocean Centre Hotel Geraldton

About the Artist

- Born 1953 in Northampton, WA. Lives and works in Fremantle
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2019
  Proposed Exhibition, University of Colorado Art Museum, USA
- 2014–2015
  1 Degree C Project, Museum of Art, Nevada, USA (Nov 2014 – Jul 2015)
- 2012
  Pilbara Project, FORM Galleries, WA
- 2010
  Linton and Kay Galleries, WA
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2009
  Project West Kimberley, Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
  FORM Gallery, Port Hedland Courthouse Gallery, WA
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2008
  Blackheath Gallery, London, UK
- 2007
  Project Abrolhos, Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
  Represented vessel True North
- 2006
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2005
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2004
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
  “On the Wall” Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, UK
- 2003
  Fires On, Festival of Perth, Stafford Gallery, WA
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2002
  Stafford Gallery, WA
  Represented by Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, USA
- 2000
  Festival of Perth – Ballet on Show, Stafford Gallery, WA
  Catanachs Gallery, Broome, WA
  Stafford Gallery, WA
- 1998
  Stafford Gallery, WA
- 1997
  Stafford Gallery, WA
- 1996
  Stafford Gallery, WA
- 1992
  Perth Gallery, WA
- 1991
  Geraldton Art Gallery, WA
- 1990
  Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
- 1988
  Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
- 1985
  Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
- 1983
  Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
- 1979
  Signature Gallery, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2017–2018
  International Climarte Conference, Melbourne, VIC
  Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT
  WA Maritime Museum – Travellers and Traders Exhibition (with The British Museum and Rijksmuseum), Fremantle, WA
- 2014
  Travel Archives from 1 Degree C acquired by Nevada Museum of Art’s Centre for Culture and Environment, USA
- 2011
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2010
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2009
  Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
- 2007
  Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River, WA
- 2006
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2005
  Yallingup Gallery, WA
- 2004
  Business Design Centre, London, UK
- 2003
  Fremantle Arts Centre 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Fremantle, WA
  WA Contemporary Art Fair, Perth, WA
- 2000
  Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
  Finalist, Fleurieu Prize, Adelaide, SA – Touring Exhibition
- 1994 & 1995
  “Best of Australia” Exhibition, Hong Kong
- 1990
  Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, UK
  Agnews Gallery, London, UK
- 1984
  WA Arts Council Touring Exhibition, WA
  Canberra Times Exhibition, Canberra, ACT
- 1979
  Way ’79 Anniversary Exhibition, WA
Collections
- Barings Bank, London, UK
- Rupert Murdoch Collection
- R & I Bank (Bankwest), WA
- Fremantle Arts Centre, WA
- Nevada Museum of Art, USA
- Art Gallery of WA – Geraldton, WA
- Apache Energy, WA
- City of Cockburn, WA
- Mirvac Fini, WA
- Private collections in Australia, UK, USA, Europe, Asia, Dubai, and Japan