Small sketchbook, 2011-2012

Containers:: Box 16
Component identifier:: File 52
Content Summary:: Reflections on Valerie Olsen's death and funeral. References to work in progress: eg Lake Eyre, a large watercolour, and The Laughing Frog (sugar lift etching). Sketches including: swans, birds, dogs, cats, dogs barking around a paella,Lake Eyre, pig, frogs, Hidden Lake, Charles Blackman and Les Murray. Thoughts on leaving Owls Wood. Reflections on Nolan's views on light and the Australian landscape; Hockney's artwork; and what he saw as unfair critiques of Ben Quilty's work. Cooking, meals and recipes. Literary quotes and thoughts on decline in university literary studies.

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Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia