Journal: Wentworth Falls Rydal, 1991-1994

Containers:: Box 11
Component identifier:: File 29
Content Summary:: Life and work at Wentworth Falls and then Chapel Hill Rydal, with trips to Sydney, Northern NSW, Adelaide and Canberra. Overseas trip: Paris, Venice, London, Devon and St Ives and also Japan (for lecturing tour). Thoughts on works in progress, eg. pictures, etchings, watercolours, mixed media, still lifes, murals and ceramics. Exhibitions and shows. Health, well being and relationship issues. Views on art dealers and critics. Reflections on the deaths of Peter Fuller, Patrick White, Sidney Nolan and Clifton Pugh and also on the work of Donald Friend, Jackson Pollack and Tim Storrier. Thoughts on art trends, approaches and colour usage and about the Archibald and Sulman prizes. Experience as Councillor, National Gallery of Australia and response to being awarded a creative arts fellowship. Sketches (ink, pastel and watercolour) including: mountains, landscapes, people (eg Giacometti, De Koonig, Patrick White, Arthur Boyd, Kenneth Slessor, Stephen Hawking and Katherine Howard), gypsy caravan, monkeys and other animals,fish, octopus, buildings and food. Descriptions of dinners and recipes.

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