Chris O’Doherty aka Reg Mombassa
Hypersonic Realism: A subset of and an adjunct to simplisticism
20 February – 10 March 2024
This show consists mainly of recent landscape drawings in charcoal and coloured pencil plus one pen and ink and 4 prints.
The landscapes were drawn en plein air or from moving cars around NSW, Queenstown and Waiheke Island.
The Hypersonic in the title relates to the required speed of drawing while in a swiftly moving car. This exceeds the speed of sound, so the scratching of charcoal on paper only becomes audible when the drawing is completed.
The handful of more graphic works featuring robots, suicidal koalas and bleeding eucalypts refer to the apparently apocalyptic end times in which we live (hopefully apparent and not actual!).
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Parked van in moonlight, 2020, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 335 x 220 mm $3300
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, View from 'Sicilian' Queenstown, 2020, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 280 x 230 mm $3200
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Wine production Otago, 2021, pen, ink & wash, 500 x 340 mm $4000
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Wine making Otago, 2022, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 215 x 170 mm $2800
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Line of pines, Queenstown, 2023, charcoal & coloured pencil on paper, 166 x 220 mm $2700
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Escarpment with descending ridgeline, Mt Victoria, 2021, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 240 x 315 mm $3200
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Mountains and pines near Queenstown, 2023, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 170 x 220 mm $2400
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Yellow day with line of pines approaching Queenstown, 2023, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 210 x 175 mm $2600
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Headland with reflections, Waiheke Island, 2021, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 150 x 210 mm $2900
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Bush and fenceline near Narooma, 2021, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 160 x 220 mm $2700
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Trunks and stumps after a fire (King's highway NSW), 2022, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 170 x 230 mm $2700
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Exposed rocks and corpse near Braidwood, 2022, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 160 x 205 mm $2600
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Nocture with doomsday clock, 2022, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 330 x 230 mm $3000
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Trunks and foliage, 2023, charcoal and coloured pencil on paper, 230 x 165 mm $2200
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Koala in tree, 2023, etching with aquatint, 315 x 200 mm $600
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Praying Robot, 2023, etching with aquatint, 290 x 110 mm $440
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Two hills, 2023, etching with aquatint, 230 x 315 mm $700
Chris O'Doherty aka Reg Mombassa, Scenery II, 2023, serigraph, 470 x 370 mm $770