Dorothy Braund 'Bathers III' drawing

Dorothy Braund 'Bathers III' drawingAustralian modernist Dorothy Braund pursued simplicity. It, in her own words, knocked her out Theres no chance for accidental effects. If you are simple everything has to relate and work. This preoccupation led her to compose images more musical than visual, hymns about people, places and activities. In this trio of bathers, Braunds pays homage to the great Australian pastime of hitting the beach. Her rendition however, is gently satirical and lightly

this work offers bountiful pleasures

impervious to Blackman’s comical question mark

Another member of the Boyd artist family dynasty

It evokes the eerie grace of Australia’s landscape and the feeling of waking to a dark morning

On one hand

The artist’s works have been included in a number of important survey exhibitions of Australian contemporary indigenous art

Dimensions: 100 x 65 x 5 cm

building materials and bric-a-brac

he juxtaposes a judge with a clown - suggesting a link between these characters

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery

Auguste’s work is informed by a childhood spent among Australia’s most renowned

The margin may need to be framed out due marking from previous water damage along the top edge