Doing Time, Oatlands Gaol Residency.

An artist residency in the historic town of Oatlands in Tasmania enabled Manning to continue to pursue her interest in communities that choose to live in challenging locations, and further explore how todays lives build upon and co exist with the past.

Henrietta Manning Oatlands Gaol Residency ;- a 16 page colour illustrated booklet of the series is available for $10 + postage and packing.

The Artist's Room, Oatlands. acrylic on masonite 70 x 51.5 cm

The artist painting in Oatlands Gaol Feb 2017

From September 2015, through the Oatlands Gaol Artist in Residence Program, Southern Midlands Council, Manning spent weeks at a time living in the historic Gaolers Residence with access to paint in the historic buildings under the care of SMC. 51 paintings, was exhibited in 2017.
Oatlands is a town seeped in colonial history and the settlement of Van Diemen's land, with a large number of Colonial and Georgian buildings.
Initially working in isolation in empty 'preserved' buildings, later through meeting the locals, the artist gained access to private properties. Depictions of empty atmospheric time capsules moved to vibrant studies of current residents living with and transforming historic buildings into the living, breathing homes of today.

Gaolers Residence, Oatlands Gaol

The Gaolers Residence Steps, Oatlands. acrylic on masonite 50 x 80.5 cm

View to Mill, Oatlands acrylic 70 x 50 cm

The Old Tree, Oatlands. acrylic 22 x 44 cm

Gaolers Residence, Oatlands Gaol Residency acrylic on masonite 70 x 50 cm

The Pool Behind the Walls acrylic 34.5 x 55.5 cm

Supreme Law Court, Oatlands. Circa 1829/1835. Men and women have been sentanced here to imprisonment, flogging and hanging. Changes of use include as a Town Hall, Mechanics Insitute and private home. Owned by SMC it is now a space of peace, clam and beauty.

Supreme Court House III acrylic on masonite 70 x 50 cm

Supreme Court House II acrylic on masonite 70 x 50 cm

Supreme Court House IV acrylic on masonite 70 x 50 cm

Supreme Court House I acrylic on masonite 70 x 50 cm

Supreme Court House V acrylic on masonite 70 x 50cm

Supreme Court House VII acrylic on masonite, 70 x 50 cm

Callington Mill, Oatlands. Circa 1837. Restored and operational.

Callington Mill I Oatlands acrylic on masonite 79 x 42 cm

Callington Mill II Oatlands acrylic on masonite 79 x 42cm

Glebe House. Circa 1840’s. Built for Reverend George Otter, Green Ponds Chaplain. Private home.

Glebe House I, Kempton. acrylic on masonite 20 x 88 cm

The Broken Window, Kempton acrylic 59 x 51 cm

Glebe house IV, Kempton acrylic 32 x 68.5 cm

Glebe House II, Kempton acrylic 55 x 40 cm

Gay street Circa 1840. Originally two workers cottages adapted for many uses including as a school house. The large school room is now kitchen, lounge and bedroom. Private ownership in 2016.

The Old School Room, Oatlands acrylic on masonite 70x60cm

Mahers cottage Circa 1840. Four room cottage next to Lake Dulverton.Private ownership in 2016.

Mahers Cottage II, Oatlands. acrylic 19 x 87 cm

Mahers Cottage I, Oatlands Gaol Residency acrylic on masonite 31 x 92 cm

41 High Street, Oatlands. Circa 1879. Private home.

Morning Sunlight, Oatlands. acrylic on masonite 70 x 70 cm

Out to the Wolseley,Oatlands Gaol Residency acrylic 70 x 50 cm

‘‘Hobbit House’’, Oatlands. Circa mid 1850’s. Private empty. Occupied until 2014 with a warren of small rooms and low doorways bound together under layers of wall paper coated in smoke. A unique time capsule, hidden windows in early timber slab walls have recently been exposed.