Charles Blackman 'Transformation' heide circle

Charles Blackman 'Transformation' heide circleFrom the revered Girls and Flowers Portfolio, this work is quintessential Charles Blackman. It is evocative and mysterious a vestige of feeling over exactness. In it a woman faces away from us, head bowed towards a flower. Like an optical illusion, her back is transformed into a mournful figure, hands cradling its face. Fluent in the language of emotion, Blackmans legacy lies in his ability to articulate dualities. His work is sweet yet sad, serving

tranquility reigns: it is as though Pugh is warning of environmental threat through emphasising nature’s preciousness

He explored these themes with dark humor

and hidden fossils

Literature: Mandy

Mombassa continues to feature in the collective imagination

this rich history is revived and modernised

private and public collections

Edition of 30 - Work of art illustrated may be a representative impression from the edition

reality and the subconscious spin together in the depths of suburbia

Oil on board

The great feeler of Australian art

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