From his early years Eris had a serious fascination with painting and drawing. "Art" at that time was considered a very poor career decision indeed. For a young man from his background art was considered by all authoritive figures to be a "no go" area. Notwithstanding, Eris continued to paint, despite the bold assertion that "artists are as poor as church mice." After graduation, he worked as a GP in both large and small country towns of N.S.W. and Victoria. He worked briefly for the N.S.W. Health Department before resigning in order to pursue more fully, the alleged lifestyle of a "church mouse."
Eris works from sketchbook drawings and notes. The sketchbooks are filled during extensive excursions throughout the outback of Australia. The two main sources for his work are the sketchbooks and the memory of people, places and happenings. The focus of his paintings is often around the fringe dwellers of outback society and their eccentricities. His endeavour is to catch the spirit of these people and their landscape with all its idiosyncrasies. A strong undercurrent of dry humour finds its way into many of his works. He is drawn especially to the works of the Australian artists - Drysdale and Dobell, and the European artists, Chagall, Bonnard and Soutine. Eris works almost exclusively in oils, pallete knives being his most favoured tool. He prepares his own canvases and panels.
Eris held his first major one-man exhibition in Brisbane in 1972. Since then he has enjoyed successful one-man and mixed exhibitions in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra and other major centers in Australia. He is represented in many collections both in Australia and overseas.
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 Click Image to Enlarge Eris Fleming: Trouble with the Choke (Oil) Size: image 70x52 cm; comes framed Price: $4200 Order here |
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 Click Image to Enlarge Eris Fleming: Red Ribbons (Oil) Size: image 20x25 cm; comes framed Price: $2000 Order here |
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 Click Image to Enlarge Eris Fleming: Lady in Blue (Oil) Size: image 46x39 cm; comes framed Price: SOLD Order here |
 Click Image to Enlarge Eris Fleming: Love in the Afternoon (Oil) Size: image 56x41 cm; comes framed Price: SOLD Order here |
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 Click Image to Enlarge Eris Fleming: Sweeties At The Soiree' (Oil) Size: image 70x52 cm; comes framed Price: SOLD Order here |
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