ARTWORK - Australia
Title: Mr Toughy
Medium: Lithograph & mixed media.
Date: 1984
Size: 58cm x 38cm
Edition: 4
This was one of six images I did about different fashion items.
The idea was to let the viewer imagine the personality that would fit each attire.
I showed mockups of each image to the sales girls and let them help me chose what accessories to add.
Title: Middle Swan: Summer.
Medium: Etching & Aquatint.
Date: 1986
Size: 36cm x 50cm
Edition: 50
This was one of two etchings inspired by a photograph I took in the backyard of a site I was working on when I was a brickies' labourer in 1974.
The other image is called 'Middle Swan: Winter' and is the same image but done in winter colours.
Title: Dragonfly II.
Medium: Silkscreen.
Date: 1985
Size: 45cm x 33cm
Edition: 8
This was an image inspired by a dragonfly that had landed on the door to my darkroom.
I have always had a fascination for these insects and have done several studies.
In some beliefs, the dragonfly symbolizes freedom. So in this image, I juxtopositioned it with a lock that sometimes symbolizes restriction, so I have created a perfect balance.