Ray Crooke

Ray Crooke is one of Australia’s most well known artists. His years of living in the Torres Strait and Cairns provided experience crucial to his development as a painter. His first very successful solo exhibition was in 1959 at Australian Galleries in Melbourne. Now, highly sought after by all major galleries, his work hangs in the National Gallery of Australia, all state and many regional galleries. His murals grace Australia House in London and his painting “The Offering” 1971, is in the Vatican Museum Collection. Ray Crooke won the Archibald prize in 1969 and in 1993 was made a member of the Order of Australia for services to the visual arts. Reef Gallery proudly presents a display of Ray Crooke’s work in limited edition giclees.