Journal: Clarendon, 1986

Containers:: Folio-Box 9
Component identifier:: File 26
Content Summary:: Covers time in Darwin (for exhibition); Mt Macedon; Brisbane; Clarendon; and Sydney. Visit to Kakadu and rock art sites; thoughts on figures and also, more broadly, on indigenous art and the impact of tourism. Reflections on the Heidelberg School; Australia's isolation; fires in Mt Macedon; Warwick Fairfax; Tony Tuckson; and Donald Friend. Depictions of failing relationship with Noela Hjorth and moving back to Sydney. Descriptions of artwork ideas and working in his studio (eg'High Life and Low Life' and 'El Dolor, The Pain'). Views on Sidney Nolan. Philosophical reflections on art and life, including lessons of quietness and contemplation from Bali. Reestablishing himself in Sydney, with personal and artistic reappraising. Contact with Deborah Hart and working on his drawing book. Working on the Darling Harbour mural. Photographs of his works as they developed. Sketches (pencil and ink) including of: rock art figures; indigenous camps; animals; frogs; birds; and people.

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