all hail the blue skies
and beautiful dry season....
found my feet taken on the
Ian Fairweather memorial walk here in Darwin the other day....
it is a lovely little walk near mindil beach, up a hill, over rocks
look to the sea....i was mindful of the man...the artist...
here he is, in his studio....
Ian is famous in my home town (Darwin, Australia)
for living in the hull of an oldboat in Frances Bay,
but mostly because he
sailed (drifted?) in a re-purposed WWII aircraft
across to Timor....the Indonesians kicked him out returned him....
Ian was a prolific artist...he used canvas for his roof
and painted on cereal boxes (my hero)
he was messy, unconventional, and the best....
Its always fun to find out another artist's heroes. I see that he used rhythm with his shape making and mark making, which I also see in your work. Wouldn't you like to have one of his cereal boxes?
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