posted May 06, 2010 06:33 PM            

What is missing is a pic of you!

posted May 08, 2010 05:30 AM              

Painted by Yin, Apple : )

posted May 09, 2010 12:17 AM              

Brett Whiteley (1939-1992)
Shui (water wader) c.1979
Oil on board with mixed media
105 x 82cm
Signed 'Brett Whiteley' lower right
Provenance: Private Collection Sydney
Exhibited: Birds & Animals, Robin Gibson Gallery Sydney, 1979
no.8780

Brett Whiteley created some of the most important paintings of twentieth century Australian Art. His mastery of, and unique approach to form, colour, light and gesture in a body of work which spans subjects from birds to boulders, have made him one of the icons of not only the Australian art world but also internationally.

Brett Whiteley is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries, as well as many important public collections both in Australia and overseas.

Three of Brett Whiteley’s most memorable solo exhibitions were devoted to the theme of birds in 1979, 1983 and 1988. “It is not too fanciful to think of Whiteley’s bird paintings as self portraits”, Barry Pearce has commented. “He loved them since childhood and in his last phase of work they became symbols of both domesticity and freedom.” Reference: The Australian Magazine, 26 August, 1995, p.16.