Brett Whiteley 'Lavender Bay Wharf' warm tones

Brett Whiteley 'Lavender Bay Wharf' warm tonesOne of Australias most iconic artists, Brett Whiteley was deeply preoccupied with the relationship between self and place, often questioning the extent to which environment shapes identity. This inquiry is powerfully expressed in his depictions of Lavender Bay, the small Sydney suburb that housed his studio and home, where landscape becomes inseparable from lived experience. In 'Lavender Bay Wharf', this sense of intimacy is intricately conveyed.

and innovative utilisation of pigments

‘Tango at the Shrine’ is an atmospheric find

Since Dattilo-Rubbo did not produce many paintings - no doubt because he was so busy teaching and donated 125 of his paintings to the Manly Art Gallery

as well as developments in the visual organisation of space

‘Carte Blanche’ is an exhilarating find

Donald FRASER (1936 - )

Among the common threads

He could never

it is a dance of juxtapositions - childhood and maternity

It is set in an imagined motel

like sweet nothings exchanged between lulled lovers

'Pessoa' 1989