Norman Lindsay [1879 - 1969]

Norman Lindsay was an Australian artist of extraordinary talent and one of my favourite artists of his time. "His first novel was published in 1913, and by the 1920s he was both proficient and prolific in pen and ink drawing, etching, woodcuts, watercolours and sculpture. Lindsay rejected Christianity, and his art depicts Bohemianism and Arcadian pantheism madly admixed in a fantasy world." www.normanlindsay.com.au

What I wouldn't give for one of his etchings!! I grew up in Sydney and often visited his home (now gallery) and gardens in the Blue Mountains. Walking through his personal space is like stepping back in time where the artist and his muses once lived and worked, or walking through his personal provocative wonderland. I am completely in awe of his beautifully detailed, evocative work. It is clear that mythology and the beauty of the female form captured his soul and this is expressed through his often controversial 'naughty' nudes.

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John Young

Traditional artist John Young was born in Hong Kong then moved to Australia in the 60's.  His new body of work looks at mythology and the feminine.  He works with oil on linen, but at first glance his work almost looks like an etheral infrared photograph.  'The New Wolf of Rome' revisits the Roman founding myth of Lupa Capitolina: the she wolf found the twin infants Romulus and Remus by the banks of the Tiber River.  She sucked and cared for them until the shepherd Faustulus discovered them and in time, Romulus became the founder of the capital of Rome.  In Young's work the wolf has the spiritual nature of a human conveying both a mystical and primal essence as we glimpse the world through the eyes of the she-wolf.

Young's 'The New Wolf of Rome' series is showing at the Philip Bacon Galleries in Brisbane from 17 Apr - 12 May and I highly recommend you pop in if in the area. 

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Daily Delight ~ Tamara Dean

Tamara Dean

Australian Fine Art Photographer

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Deidre But-Husaim

Australian traditional painter Deidre But-Husaim uses up and coming young models as her figure studies then superimposes designs onto their beautifully posed faces and bodies.  The effect looks like beautiful floral tattooing that enhances the innocence of her subjects as she explores the idea of beauty myth and pop culture.

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Daily Delight ~ Julie Swan

Julie Swan

River Dies At Sea3 ~ Ingress Series

2010. South Australian Clay.

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Richard Woods

Dear friend and very talented Australian Photographer Richard Woods' work is graceful, sublime and evocative.  Even when he tackles more challenging themes like fetish he does it with beauty and grace.  I hope you enjoy my selection of my favourite of his works, as you can see I particularly love his nudes.  

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Doble & Strong

Australian artist collaborative, Doble & Strong's fascinating work combines photography and painting.  Their images speak to the viewer of humanity ~ the fragility and diverse beauty of the human body both inside and out.  The layered paint splotches appear almost cellular as they blend and beautifully mar the smooth, graceful female nudes.  I almost expect to see them squirm under a microscope!  The photography and painting are perfectly complimentary and both add to the narrative of the images.

The idea to start this collaborative work was conceived on a recent trip to London to visit a friend who was terminally ill with a brain tumour. Our visit also coincided with Easter. On Good Friday, two days after our friend’s passing, we visited St Paul’s Cathedral and took a single photograph, which became the inspiration to complete our first work together – Salathiel (I have asked of God), shortlisted for the 58th Blake Prize for Religious Art 2009. The realisation that within our own bodies of work, we were both concerned with many of the same issues and aesthetics, led to the decision to create collaborative works which incorporated both our art practices – photography and painting, but only on the condition that they were combined in a cohesive and logical manner. In order for both of us to be involved in all aspects of creating an image, it was necessary for each of us to take an active roll in working with both mediums, equally. With this underlying principle in mind, we produced the works which make up our first collaborative exhibition – “First Born”  http://www.qcp.org.au/artists/Australian/album-678/60

 

 

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