Jeff Raglus Moon on my Head
Dec 21 - Jan 19 2025
Moon on my Head
If you’re lucky, you’ll witness 1000 full moons in your lifetime.
2024 was a year of balancing personal issues with my art practice. It was a year in which I became acutely aware of the shortness and beauty of life.
I started this body of work in the winter of 2023. Most of the sculptures were started at my mother’s property in Kilmore from old fallen trees.
I had been looking after my mum since the Covid lockdowns, and she passed away in April this year. This had a big effect on my work around the middle of this year and perhaps gave me a chance to refocus and draw on some older ideas that hadn’t been fully realised.
A lot of my work often starts with free-hand drawings, which are then painted onto small birch-ply boards. If I’m happy with these, they might up as bigger versions (hence the ‘large’ versions in this collection) or they may even be sculptured in wood. For quite a while, I have been exploring organic shapes and how they relate to each other set in semi-abstract or surreal landscapes. Moon On My Head is a continuation of these themes.
I rarely noticed the moon in Melbourne.
Living on the coast its volume is apparent.
Jeff Raglus
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1. Head and Shoulders
Relief sculpture Carved vintage wood and driftwood.
750 x 560 mm
$2,750
500 X 400 mm
2. Future Fossils
Acrylic on ply
$1,400
500 X 400 mm
3. Future Fossils (Part 2)
Acrylic on ply
$1,400
4. Tears Of Joy (Large)
600 X 800 mm
Acrylic on ply
$2,500
3/D Relief sculpture. Carved driftwood and found wood with acrylic paint.
86 x 123 x 13 cm H X W X D
$7,000
5. Rain And Fire
500 X 400 mm
Acrylic on ply
$1,400
6. Hand Of The Land
800 X 600 mm
Oil on ply
$2,500
7. Set In Stone (Large)
$2,750
8. Moody Son Relief Sculpture. Carved vintage wood, vintage nails.
500 x 700 mm
9. Basic Landscape
500 X 400 mm
Acrylic on ply
$1,400
10. Green Top
370 X 450 mm
Acrylic on ply
$1,200
11. Black Bush - Brown Bush
400 X 350 mm
Acrylic on ply
$1,000
700 X 500 mm Oil on ply
$1,750
12. Pink Park
1830 X 950 mm
$6,500
13. Moon On My Head (Large)
Acrylic & Decoupage on ply
14. Fire On The Mountain
715 X 565 mm
Acrylic on linen
$1,750
700 X 500 mm
15. Thoughts Of The Mountain
Acrylic on ply
$1,750
900 X 400 mm
16. Across The Rooftops
Acrylic on ply
$2200
17. Tao
900 X 400 mm
Acrylic on ply
$2,200
18. Supernova 800 X 600 mm Oil on ply
$2,500
19. Into The Blue (Large)
1200 X 1000mm
Acrylic on ply
$4,000
20. Guided By Planets
700 X 600 mm
Acrylic & Decoupage on ply
$1,800
21. Downtown (Large)
1000 X 600 mm
Acrylic on ply
$3,000
22. Downtown
260 X 300 mm
Acrylic on ply
$750
23. Summer Breeze
1000 X 800 mm
Acrylic on ply
$3500
800 X 600 mm
Oil on ply
$2,500
24. Hidden Agenda
25. Wrappers Delight
1000 X 600 mm
Acrylic on ply
$3,000
26. Pink Puzzle
300 X 300 mm
Acrylic on ply
$750
27. Ahead Of Myself
300 X 300 mm
Acrylic on ply
$750
28. Memory
400 X 350 mm
Acrylic on ply
$1,000
29. Wizard Rock
400 X 350
Acrylic on ply
$1,000
30. High-Viz Nation
1400 X 1010 mm
Acrylic on ply
$5,500
31. Blue Bottle
900 mm x 820 mm x 320 mm
Carved Blackwood + Driftwood
Acrylic
$4,400
32. Baby
1030 mm x 415 mm x 330 mm
Aqua Oil on Carved Hardwood
$5,000
33. The Quarter tones Of Man
990 mm x 350 mm
Carved Cypress
Acrylic
$3,500
34. Switchbox
Wooden Sculpture - Carved Cypress
1800 x 400 x 400 mm
$5,500
35. Medieval Highrise
1600 mm x 300 mm x 300 mm
AquaOil on Carved Blackwood
Cast iron base
$5,000
Jeff Raglus C.V.
Jeff Raglus is a contemporary artist who divides his practice equally between music and the visual arts. Encompassing all that is pop, Jeff’s work constantly blurs the boundaries between fine and graphic art. Jeff has toured overseas and around Australia many times with various musical ensembles. He has screen-printed fabrics, T-shirts, and posters, made clothes and stage sets, designed CD and record covers, and helped make video clips. He has worked for Mambo, Swatch, Sony, Ansett Airlines and The Arena Theatre Company.
Jeff has written and illustrated several children’s books, two of which have been published overseas, he has also worked as an animator.
Jeff is a multi-instrumental musician, a singer/songwriter, a sculptor and most commonly a painter. He has had at least one solo exhibition every year since 1989.
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Dec. & Gallery Australia, Sorrento Vic. Moon on my Head.
2023 Dec. In The Skies Gallery Lorne. ‘Into The Blue’
2023 April. Big Boom Gallery. ‘Balancing Act’ Geelong.
2023 Sept. Penny Contemporary Art Gallery Hobart.
2022 July. Dust Temple Gallery Currumbin Qld. ‘Golden Daze’
2022 May . Outre Gallery Fitzroy. ‘Montague Terrace’
2021 Dec. & Gallery Australia, Sorrento Vic. ‘Summer Romance’
2021 January. In The Skies Gallery Lorne Vic.
2020 Nov Marios Cafe Fitzroy.
2020 Penny Contemporary Gallery Hobart.
2019 Boom gallery. ‘Boneyard’ Geelong.
2019 Blarney Books Port Fairy Folk Festival exhibition
2019 Wishart Gallery Port Fairy. Vic
2019 Julian Edwards Gallery . Bangalow NSW
2018 Penny Contemporary gallery Hobart
2017 Bruce Heiser solo show. Brisbane
2017 Marios Cafe Brunswick.st Fitzroy.
2017 Boom gallery Beachside Primitive.
2017 Paul Auckett (art dealer) St.Kilda show
2016 Penny Contemporary Gallery Hobart.
2016 Boom Gallery. ‘Sidelines’. Geelong.
2015 Bruce Heiser solo show . Brisbane
2015 45 Downstairs Gallery Flinders Lane Melbourne.
2014 Boom Gallery 20 years of Original Poster & Graphic Work (1994-2014),
2013 Doggett St Gallery . Brisbane
2012 Qdos Gallery Lorne.
2011 50a Winn st Fortitude Valley with Gerry Wedd.
2010 Doggett st Gallery Brisbane.
2008 Doggett St Gallery Brisbane
2007 Qdos Gallery 2008
2006 Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne
2006 Doggett st Gallery , Brisbane
2005 Michael Carr Gallery Sydney
2004 Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane
2004 Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
2003 Palm Beach Art Cafe, N.S.W
2003 Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Marios Cafe, Fitzroy Melbourne
2002 Qdos Arts Lorne, Victoria
2002 Doggett st Gallery. Brisbane
2001 Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento, Victoria
2001 Marios Cafe, Fitzroy, Melbourne
2001 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2000 Doggett St. Gallery, Brisbane
2000 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1999 Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne.
1998 Maude Space - Blackwattle Gallery, Sydney
1997 Qdos Art Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
1996 Maude Space - Blackwattle Gallery, Sydney
1995 Pod Gallery, Sydney
1994 Qdos Art Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
1994 Pod Gallery, Sydney.
1993 Qdos Art Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
1992 Thomas Gannan Gallery, Fitzroy Melbourne
1991 The Continental Cafe, Melbourne
1990 Marios Cafe, Melbourne
1989 Thomas Gannan Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Outre gallery FitzroyMelbourne (group show)
2019 Lone Goat gallery Byron Bay . The ‘Mambo Now’ show.
2016 Bruce Heiser group show . Brisbane
2012 Boom Gallery Xmas show. Geelong
2011 Boom Gallery Opening Exhibition, Geelong
2011 Lorne Sculpture Show.
2011 Nine Lives Gallery. Fortitude Valley Brisbane. Joint show with Gerry
2011 Wedd. Curated by Matt Rabbidge.
2008 Xmas show at Doggett st Brisbane
2008 Xmas Minatures at Sea Pod, Byron Bay
2008 ‘Natureboy’ at Sea Pod with Gerry Wedd. Byron Bay
2005 Outre Gallery Sydney.
Joint show with Keith Weisner USA lowbrow
2005 Hotrod artist.
2005 ‘Surfers Who Art’ Surfworld Torquay, Victoria
2003 ‘Beatsville’ Book Launch and show,Outré Gallery, Melbourne
2002 ‘Flora nova’ Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
2002 ‘Tiki’ the book and show. Outré Gallery Melb.
2001 ‘Tubular Swells” Touring show of surf art (still going)
2000 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney. Drawing show.
1996 Mambo “Hot Rod Show’ Mambo HQ, Sydney
1995 Mambo ‘Art Irritates Life’ - Opening at Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, then toured all national galleries.
1994 Mambo ‘Surrealism Show’ Opening at The New South Wales Gallery, then toured all national galleries .
1993 Mambo artists group show at Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1993 Ray Hughes’s artists in Melbourne. Greville st Prahran .
1992-96 ‘Tidal Wave’ Beach Art culture exhibitions. Helped curate and exhibitor
1991 ‘The Unexpected’ Paper Heroes Gallery, Melbourne, with American Artists Sue Coe and Gary Panter.
1989 ‘The Four Way Show’, Melbourne, with Graeme Barker, Henri Maas and Dr. Pete Kendrik.
Awards
2005 Australian Performing Rights Association, three nominations for the Fogg album
2001 The Archibald Prize, was excepted into the Salon-desrefuses. Portrait of Jenny Bannister and partner Mongoose.
1995 AAV Award for ‘The Lert’ TV animation for the MET Melbourne
Commissions
2024 Mural for The new Armstrong creek Library.
2021 Surf Coast Shire Sculptural bike racks project . Torquay town centre.
2019 Violent Femmes artwork - 2 posters T shirt design and more.
2019 A La Grecque restaurant artwork, signage and new logo.
2019 30 paintings for ‘The Norfolk’ contemporary beach houses in Byron Bay.
2018 Interior bar design and 3/D wooden wall relief for The Caravan Music Club.
2018 The Port Fairy Folk Festival. All artwork
2015 Animated film clip for Victoriana Gaye’ 60 Foot Lady’ made at Viskatoons
2015 Large painting for The Flying Brick Cider Company . Wallington2013 Film Clip for ‘Holy Roll’ Song by Victoriana Gaye.
2010 Queenscliff Music Festival poster and artwork.
2009 Sculpture for Surf Coast arts. ‘The Sentinel’ at the Aireys Inlet Skate Park.
2008 ‘Buckleys Bunyip’ sculpture for the Surf Coast Arts . Large sculpture
2008 done over 2 months with help from Alex Lorenzi.
2005 Surf Coast Arts commission the small sculpture The ‘Angel of The Light’ 2005 for the Inlet Park. Lighthouse tours start from this point.
2003 Arena Theatre Company. ‘The Outlookers’ designer sets, costumes, poster and graphics for stage show.
2003 ‘Dream Boy’ cartoon novel for Random House .
2000 Sydney 2000 Olympic celebrations. ‘Hemispheres’ World Music Concert, part of the ‘Sydney 2000’ Olympic Games.
2000 Swatch Watches Instore Mural at the Centerpoint tower Sydney shop.
1999 Swatch Watches commission The ‘Sydney 2000’ watch via their Milan Italy design headquarters.
1999 Mural at White Cliffs State School. N.S.W Using student designs.
1999 Apollo Bay Music Festival Poster.
1999 Kelly Slater USA (World Surfing Champion), Custom Painted Surfboard
1998 ‘Schnorky The Wave Puncher’, published in the U.S.A by Random House New York
1989 ‘Big Funky Action’ illustrated novel for teenagers, published by Random House
1998 Arena Theatre Company ‘Oblong’ designer, sets, costumes and graphics.
1997 Mambo, ‘Vibes on a Summers Day Concert’. Designer, T shirts,
1997 Vibes poster and all graphics, plus performance by ‘The Feeling Groovies’
1997-99 Ansett Airlines designer, onboard entertainment packs for children.
1997 Swatch Watches, Milan, Italy. Designer Sydney 2000 watch
1996 MET Melbourne, designer for ‘The Lert’ an animation for TV
1996 The Rocks, Sydney Tourist Bus, Design.
1996 Arena Theatre Company, Melbourne, buy the rights to “Schnorky the
1996 Wave Puncher ‘and employ Jeff to design all costumes, stage sets and 1996 assist in character development for the stage show.
1995 ‘Schnorky The Wave Puncher’ children’s picture book, published by Allen and Unwin, Melbourne
1994 ‘Trip To Town’ children’s picture book, published by Pen and Brush.
Artist in Residencies
2003 Artist in Residence at Cleve P-12 College, South Australia.
2003 Co-ordinated and helped paint the Benalla Skate Park.2002 Mural at the Cleve secondary college over a week in Sth Aust.
1999 Toured Broken Hill and surrounds with writer Andy Griffiths.
1999 Mural at White Cliffs State School. N.S.W Using student designs.
1996-2005 Workshops for art, writing, cartooning and music in schools, libraries and festivals, nationally. Via ‘Booked Out’ Melb.
Media Publication Highlights
2018 Great Ocean Quarterly Magazine does a 5 page article on Jeffs art.
2008 Sydney Morning Herald. 2 page article about surf art and Jeff’s work.
2008 Surfers Journal USA covers the Sea Pod show with Gerry Wedd.
2006 ‘ Juxtapoz’ magazine feature. The USA lowbrow art publication.
2004 ‘Beatsville’ book published by Outré Press, features Jeff’s artwork.
2003 ‘Cactus Garden’ TV show features Jeff’s lifestyle and work.
2002 Tiki Art , book published by Outré Press. Features Jeff’s artwork
1998 ‘Surfers Journal’, Four page article on Jeff’s life and work.
1998 ‘Surfing Life’ Australia, feature article on Jeff’s lifestyle and work
1997 Juxtapoz Magazine U.S.A. features Jeff’s artwork.
1997 ‘Surfer’ Magazine, U.S.A. features Jeff’s artwork
1997 David Carson’s Los Angeles, U.S.A. magazine Ray Gun features Jeff’s artwork
1996 ‘Oh La-La’ Canadian TV show interviews Jeff
1996 The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. Good Weekend Magazine feature article on Jeff’s life
1995 ABC TV Arts program featured Jeff’s Pod Gallery show in Sydney
2004 The Australia Council, Literature Board. Peer for new children’s books submissions
2001 ABC TV show, judge on designing the new flag
2000 Coordinator of a project to paint the new Benalla Skate Park
2000 Aust Post stamp series ‘Rock Posters’
2000 Sydney 2000 ‘Hemispheres’ World Music poster and street graphics.
Consultancies
2004 The Australia Council, Literature Board. Peer for new children’s books submissions
2001 ABC TV show, judge on designing the new flag
2000 Coordinator of a project to paint the new Benalla Skate Park
2000 Aust Post stamp series ‘Rock Posters’
2000 Sydney 2000 ‘Hemispheres’ World Music poster and street graphics.
2000 Asked to coordinate Apollo Bay state school students to make the next Apollo Bay Music Festival poster
1999 Judge for Sony competition of young inventors.