Sketchbook, 1994-1997

Containers:: Box 13
Component identifier:: File 38
Content Summary:: Covers time in Rydal with visits to Broome, Melbourne and Sydney. Sketches (ink, pencil and crayon) including of: Cable Beach, figures, faces, fish, animals, a room, the painter; and a lunch with Hughes and Storrier. Reflections on Giocometti and Matisse; contemporary art; Miller, Passmore and Fairweather and their art as a religion approach; Picasso's african period; and Degas. Depictions of time in Broome and response to the Kimberley. Photographs of tapestries in the process of being woven. Issues around sale of Chapel House and possible move to Southern Highlands. Reflections on year past (1994), his mother's death and future intentions for self discipline and focus for his works. Letter re Order of Australia award.

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