Auguste Blackman 'Bespeckled Portrait' italian artistsAustralias lockdown has spurred reflection in many of us. Created during this period, Auguste Blackmans self portraits are broad, textual studies in expression. Despite their vibrant palettes, however, something remains withheld in Auguste's face there is an inner life we can only glimpse peripherally. This is not something alien. Months spent severed from ordinary life compels us all inward and towards the life of an artist. A respected Australian
Bergner’s depiction of his father is multilayered
and publisher’s details in print verso
‘Life Class’ is a twist on life drawing – an artistic convention born of sketching a life model in a studio
Cast in pale greys and gold
Dimensions: 126 x 90 x 5 cm
Auguste was compelled by the image of Alice to include the rabbit – flowering a single painting into a series of three paying homage to their friendship
‘Girl Listening to Music’ was printed by Michelle Perry at Marnling Press
but rather an embrace of emotion in all its shades of blue
abstract and landscape art
A highly esteemed contemporary artist
He described his non figurative response to nature thus: "I see pictorial space as an inner landscape for the minds eye to roam"
Signed Rona Green bottom right
