Selected Bibliography
‘Huge Mural Completed’
West Australian 18 July 1961
C.G. Hamilton
‘David Gregson’s Rocks (in a landscape setting) are Full of Merit’
West Australian 6 November 1961
Hillary Merrifield
‘Hotchin Prize’
West Australian 6 August 1964
AMB
‘Image in the Clay’
Phil Harris’ production In a Sun-baked Bushland Glade (Credits to David Gregson)
The Record May 1966
Alan McCulloch
Encyclopaedia of Australian Art
Hutchinson of Australia 1968
Jill Crommelin
‘Meet Col Biggle the Helpful Ghost’
West Australian 23 October 1970
Murray Mason
‘Link and Art Education’
West Australian 20 May 1971
Murray Mason
‘Two Displays with Merit’
West Australian 25 October 1974
Cedric Baxter
‘Two Brilliant Portraits’
Sunday Independent 27 October 1974
Murray Mason
‘Gregson’s Entry – Painter’s Portrait’
West Australian 7June 1976
Laurie Knott
Major Prize
The Sunday Times July 1976
Diane Walter
‘The Handbook is Illustrated by Fine Charcoal Sketches’
West Australian 7 August 1976
Murray Mason
‘Pageant of Drawings’
West Australian 21 October 1976
Max Germaine
Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand
Lansdowne Editions 1979
Murray Mason (Editor)
Contemporary Western Australian Painters and Printmakers
Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1979
Trea Wiltshire
‘Eye Catching Red Cover and Fine Illustrations by David Gregson’
Western Mail 3 October 1981
Rod Anderson
‘Paintings Display the Sure Touch and Delicacy of a Confident and Accomplished Artist’
Western Mail 10 October 1981
Ted Snell
‘How to See the Artist Evolve’
Western Mail 4 September 1982
Ted Snell
‘Interesting Works by David Gregson’
Western Mail 18 June 1983
Santina’s Cookbook
‘Experiment Says Artist, Give all Senses a Chance’
Daily News 7 September 1983
Murray Mason
‘David Gregson’s Summer Morning Riverbank is a Gentle Mood Painting’
West Australian 22 September 1983
Western Mail
‘Ready for Launching’
Western Mail 29 March 1984
Ted Snell
‘Rich Rewards at Gregson Showing’
Western Mail 14-15 April 1984
Murray Mason
‘Style to the Fore’
West Australian 17 April 1984
Julie Prott
‘Hills Artist Lured out for Solo Show’
Sunday Times 29 April 1984
Julie Prott
‘Gregson’s Incredible Versatility’
Sunday Times 13th October 1985
Ted Snell
‘History of a Stayer’
The Western Mail 12th – 13th October 1985
Murray Mason
‘Delicate Balance’
West Australian 14 October 1985
John Scott
‘Landscapes of Western Australia’
Aeolian Press, Perth 1986, page 56
Julie Prott
‘Special Significance in Gregson’s Work’
West Australian 26th August 1986
Barbara Chapman
The Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia Art Collection
1988, P. 99, P. 47
Portraits of Australia
The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize Collection
Apple Printing Co. Pty. Ltd., Brisbane 1988
Sarah Palmer
‘Feast for the Spirit’
West Australian 17 September 1988
Christine Sharkey
‘Images of Rottnest’
Daily News 24 February 1989
Bruce Bennett and Ted Snell
‘Darlington and the Hills’
Curtin University of Technology 1990
Ron Banks
‘Hills Cottage Suits Image’
West Australian 11 August 1990
Max Germaine
‘Artists and Galleries of Australia’
Volume I
Craftsman House, 1990
Rodney O’Brien
‘From Western Australia’
Japan Times July 1991
Ron Banks
‘Return to Basics Starts at Home’
West Australian 13 August 1991
Max Germaine
‘Artists and Galleries of Australia’
Volume II
Craftsman House, 1990
Alliance Francaise de Perth – Pertinence
Summer in Provence – David Gregson Expose a Perth
Number 35 November to December 1992
Anne Burns
‘House Painter’
The West Magazine 7th August 1993
Australian Artist
Volume Ten, Number Three
September 1993
Joanne Hutton
David Gregson ‘Performing Artist’
The West Magazine 5th November 1994
Judith McGrath
Deeply Satisfying, A Colourful Carousel
Paintings by David Gregson, Stafford Studios
The Western Review April 1997 P. 17
Evi Ferrier
Vehicles of Expression
Perth Weekly March 18-24 1998 P. 12
Patrick Cornish
Work Safe – Art is Breathing Life Into a Wheatbelt Town
The West Australian Big Weekend 21st November 1998
Dorothy Ericson (Editor), Judith Hugo (Project Manager)
Art & Design in WA, Perth Technical College 1900 – 2000
Pages 66, 67 (illustrations), 68, 75, 77, 191
Lyn DiCiero
Artist’s Chronicle
‘Speaking of Success – David Gregson’
Issue No. 79 June/July 2001
Patrick Cornish
Man of colour, flair made a mark
The West Australian, March 16, 2002
The Sunday Times
Artist, teacher lived to paint
The Sunday Times, March 31, 2002
Patrick Cornish
Man of many colours
The West Australian, The West – Obituaries, April 27, 2002
Trea Wiltshire
David Gregson, family man and artist 1934 – 2002
The Darlington Review, April 2002