Homework 5-2-2013

Pictures in this blog post are not my own, they are pictures of magnificent art works by artists mentioned and credited in the post below.
Investigate several Australian desert landscape art works.

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#1 Gorge Landscape, 1981, Fred Williams, Oil on Canvas
#2 Drifting Smoke, 1981, Fred Williams, Oil on Canvas
#3 Upway Landscape, 1981, Fred Williams, Oil on Canvas
#4 Dry Creek Bed, Werribee Gorge I, 1977, Fred Williams, Oil on Canvas

The reason so many of my choices are done by Fred Williams, is mainly due to the fact that I willl have to write an essay about him later on, and, whilst doing preliminary research, stumbled across additional paintings to the one mentioned in class. They looked extremely abstract, something I thoroughly enjoy (mainly due to painting nonsese ;)), but still envision the typical Australian landscape.

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The red earth, reminding me of sunburnt skin.....
I mightn have mentioned to my eight year-old sister the reason for the red earth was that the earth had forgotten smearing on sun-cream, she then insisted on mentioning that the Earth up in Norway wore large amounts of suncream (snow)..............

Back to the homework,

#5 Australian Rock Lily, c. 1933, Margaret Preston, Hand-Coloured Woodcut on Paper.
#6 Rock in Roper River Valley, 1953, Margaret Preston,
#7 Flying over the Shoalhaven River, c. 1942, Margaret Preston, Oil on Canvas
#8 Aboriginal Landscape, 1941, Margaret Preston, Oil on Canvas

Margaret Preston was also mentioned by Miz Monty, and although she is most commonly known for her printing, also has some oil canvas paintings.

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#9 Pilbara Gorge, n/a, Robert Juniper, Oil & Acrylic & Mineral Sand on Belgian Linen.
#10 The Pub on the North Road, n/a, Robert Juniper, Oil and Acrylic and Mineral Sand on Belgian Linen.


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