Louise Tomlinson 'The Grass Castle King ' - etching on paper contemporary

Louise Tomlinson 'The Grass Castle King ' - etching on paper contemporaryIn Grass Castle King, Louise Tomlinson evokes a haunted landscape. The work takes its title from Dame Mary Duracks 1959 book of the same name. In it, Durack tells the story of her grandfather, an Irish immigrant who led a fleet of drovers as they brought their cattle on hoof from the tropical north. The book is noted for its portrayal of women in the pastoral industry and the respect shared between the pastoralists and local Indigenous population.

Dimensions: 75 x 90 cm

Etched in gathering lines

wielded like a spade cutting through issues of gender

'Repose' 1994

Dimensions: 91 x 120 cm

breadth and awe invoked by nature

suggests something different with every glance

overwhelms sight

and this holds true whether the image is quite realistic or moves into abstraction

A fine collectors piece

000 white rhinos left in the wild

This political edge pervades O’Connor’s work