Artist inspiration and artist influences. No biographies, dates or scholarly research here - this is a personal response to the work of Warwick Fuller by Australian artist Fiona Morgan.
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| Cobar Overture |
I once met a high end art industry valuer and auctioneer who was of the
strong opinion that the last thing Australia needs is another landscape
artist. Perhaps. I hope he meant we don't need any more mediocre
landscape artists, but I suspect not. If that attitude was taken to
heart by artists, then we would not have the work of Warwick Fuller to
admire and enjoy.
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| Shark Bay Headland |
We were visiting Broken Hill and curiously doing the rounds of the many art galleries in that small town in the middle of nowhere in the desert. It's the same trip that I got to see
Pro Hart's work. Although there is a plethora of art and galleries in Broken Hill, the art is mostly appalling and made to make a quick buck out of tourists. So we'd dropped into yet another gallery and were mooching about when we saw a painting that jumped off the wall at us with life.
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| Sketch for Cliff Top, Sublime Point |
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| Sofala Shed |
Great paintings have presence.
The brushwork was incredible. I mean virtuosic. The vitality of the painting was breathtaking. We had stumbled across a Warwick Fuller landscape.
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| Spinifex in Morning Light |
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| Spring on the Peel River |
I've since seen many more of his works in person and gathered several
catalogues of his paintings. And generally, the brushwork is always
incredible. It's a hallmark of his work. It's a trait I admire and want
to work towards mastering. These are emphatically paintings, not
images.
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| Coastline Patonga |
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| Grazing in the Valley |
Warwick Fuller is a also painter of light and mood. To me his work continues on from the Australian Impressionists like
Arthur Streeton and
Tom Roberts.
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| Rugged Gulley Bathed in Light |
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| Sun on an Overcast Day |
It's all about light, light, light. Australian light and Australian colour. I think he captures it beautifully. The colours are absolutely superb. I'm quite a fan of the colour of the Australian bush. It's subtle and unique and I think we should celebrate what we have. We're not Europe or America here. Our light and plants are different, and fantastic.
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| Shadows Cast, Mt Nameless |
About the Creative Cauldron series of posts
The Creative Cauldron series of posts explores and showcases the visual styles, techniques, attitudes, ideas, artists and paintings that have had the most impact on me.
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