Journal: No.14. Nth Q. Kangaroo Isl Clarendon, 1986-1987

Containers:: Folio-Box 9
Component identifier:: File 25
Content Summary:: Covers time in Townsville (for Land Beyond Time exhibition), Sydney and Melbourne (exhibitions and catching up with artists and friends), Clarendon, Kangaroo Island (with the Duttons) and Hayman Island (re commissioned works). Reflections on divorce and life with Valerie and on marriage to Noela Hjorth. Comments on ideas for works; painting works (eg A Road to Clarendon: Autumn); artists' views of each other; attraction to aboriginal art; comparing his work to John Perceval's, the essence of modern painting and landscape; connective links between objects; and the role of the narrative in art. Reflections on Goya's dog picture. References to printing at David Rankin's studio, a Heide exhibition of his work and a dinner for Lloyd Rees. Sketches (watercolour, pencil and ink) including of: land and sea scapes, boats, animals, birds, people (including of Bruce Arthur, Beckett and himself), baskets, tea pots, "Goya's dog" ideas, clamming and crabbing at Kangaroo Island, kitchen scenes, rivers and ponds. Pages blank from p.175 onwards.

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