arRecord = new Array() arRecord[1] = new Array() arRecord[1][1] = "TimeAndAgain" arRecord[1][2] = "Time And Again" arRecord[1][3] = 148 arRecord[1][4] = 213 arRecord[1][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[1][6] = "16,000" arRecord[1][7] = "" arRecord[1][8] = 695 arRecord[1][9] = 1000 arRecord[1][10] = "This is like a quantum view - a subject that can still be conveyed fairly clearly with multiple concurrent and mirroring viewpoints. Cubism did it by destroying traditional space but this painting creates a space which still seems real - sort of quantum photo-metaphysics. I'd like to do more in this direction as it's still a bit of a mystery to me." arRecord[2] = new Array() arRecord[2][1] = "LakeMemories" arRecord[2][2] = "Lake Memories (Serpent in Paradise)" arRecord[2][3] = 122 arRecord[2][4] = 183 arRecord[2][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[2][6] = "14,000" arRecord[2][7] = "" arRecord[2][8] = 653 arRecord[2][9] = 1000 arRecord[2][10] = "In a garden beside an ancient lake I found huge pythons sleeping in a glass-topped box with the reflection of the trees interacting with the sunlit patterns of their skin. It was a hypnotic and watery image which also invoked the story of Genesis and the Expulsion (ancient painting themes) - I had to see what I could do with it." arRecord[3] = new Array() arRecord[3][1] = "ArckaringaApollo" arRecord[3][2] = "Arckaringa - Apollo Dreams His Forbidden Birth" arRecord[3][3] = 120 arRecord[3][4] = 180 arRecord[3][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[3][6] = "14,000" arRecord[3][7] = "" arRecord[3][8] = 667 arRecord[3][9] = 1000 arRecord[3][10] = "This painting started as a seascape dawn as a symbol of the birth of day and therefore of Apollo. Somehow it developed into a sort of desert dream in the cosmos. Like Apollo it came from nowhere." arRecord[4] = new Array() arRecord[4][1] = "Creation2" arRecord[4][2] = "Creation 2 (From The Pool Of Stars)" arRecord[4][3] = 122 arRecord[4][4] = 112 arRecord[4][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[4][6] = "9,500" arRecord[4][7] = "" arRecord[4][8] = 800 arRecord[4][9] = 735 arRecord[4][10] = "From the deep indigo of night emerge stars and stones. In the bush a water pool is the primordial centre of existence - the mother of life and light." arRecord[5] = new Array() arRecord[5][1] = "Creation4" arRecord[5][2] = "Creation 4 (From The Valley Thermals)" arRecord[5][3] = 122 arRecord[5][4] = 122 arRecord[5][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[5][6] = "10,000" arRecord[5][7] = "" arRecord[5][8] = 800 arRecord[5][9] = 800 arRecord[5][10] = "The Eastern coastal plains have the richest concentration of humidity and therefore life - in high contrast to the deserts of the interior. Here I have envisioned this primordial humidity as a sort of mirage/mandala." arRecord[6] = new Array() arRecord[6][1] = "Creation5" arRecord[6][2] = "Creation 5 (In A Time Between Oceans)" arRecord[6][3] = 137 arRecord[6][4] = 137 arRecord[6][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[6][6] = "12,000" arRecord[6][7] = "" arRecord[6][8] = 850 arRecord[6][9] = 850 arRecord[6][10] = "This painting comes from an area quite close to where I live which was heavily used by the Cammeraygal people for millennia before white settlement, as evidenced by large middens nearby and faintly suggested rock engravings in the painting. I have broadened this timeframe to show that this has all happened in a time between oceans - millions of years in the past and perhaps not so far in the future." arRecord[7] = new Array() arRecord[7][1] = "Creation7" arRecord[7][2] = "Creation 7 (A Day Between The Stars And Dawn)" arRecord[7][3] = 137 arRecord[7][4] = 137 arRecord[7][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[7][6] = "12,000" arRecord[7][7] = "" arRecord[7][8] = 850 arRecord[7][9] = 850 arRecord[7][10] = "This is a painting about revelation - in the middle of darkness, even before dawn comes the first flash of daylight. It's like a vision of the Reason of Apollo in the primordial darkness." arRecord[8] = new Array() arRecord[8][1] = "Creation8" arRecord[8][2] = "Creation 8 (A Land Between Fire And Water)" arRecord[8][3] = 120 arRecord[8][4] = 180 arRecord[8][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[8][6] = "14,000" arRecord[8][7] = "" arRecord[8][8] = 667 arRecord[8][9] = 1000 arRecord[8][10] = "In many ways we see our life has emerged on earth from a time of fire and volcanoes. And we find ourselves now on islands surrounded by oceans. For the fire I used a device I have often used in the past - the light of a reflected sunset on trees - for some reason the composition looked better with this section on its side." arRecord[9] = new Array() arRecord[9][1] = "ForestLights" arRecord[9][2] = "Forest Lights" arRecord[9][3] = 60 arRecord[9][4] = 60 arRecord[9][5] = "acrylic on paper op canvas" arRecord[9][6] = "2,200" arRecord[9][7] = "" arRecord[9][8] = 750 arRecord[9][9] = 750 arRecord[9][10] = "A Study of bushland close to my home. The last light shows as bursts from the darkness." arRecord[10] = new Array() arRecord[10][1] = "BalmoralGulls2006" arRecord[10][2] = "Balmoral Gulls" arRecord[10][3] = 76 arRecord[10][4] = 102 arRecord[10][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[10][6] = "5,000" arRecord[10][7] = "" arRecord[10][8] = 671 arRecord[10][9] = 900 arRecord[10][10] = "My first painting from Balmoral in 1994 was of this subject in this place - seems there are always a few gulls playing around here. This painting is far richer in colour and far more dramatic in lighting than I painted back then." arRecord[11] = new Array() arRecord[11][1] = "TheBridgeAtDusk" arRecord[11][2] = "The Bridge At Dusk" arRecord[11][3] = 76 arRecord[11][4] = 76 arRecord[11][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[11][6] = "4,500" arRecord[11][7] = "" arRecord[11][8] = 750 arRecord[11][9] = 750 arRecord[11][10] = "I rarely include man-made objects as anything but incidental to a painting. But I've painted this bridge so many times now I felt it deserved a more central role - particularly because the nocturnal light makes for an interesting staged effect." arRecord[12] = new Array() arRecord[12][1] = "ThePavilionSteps" arRecord[12][2] = "The Pavilion Steps" arRecord[12][3] = 76 arRecord[12][4] = 76 arRecord[12][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[12][6] = "4,500" arRecord[12][7] = "" arRecord[12][8] = 750 arRecord[12][9] = 750 arRecord[12][10] = "This is a sort of pair to The Bridge At Dusk - the strange emptiness of the beach becomes even more accentuated late at night." arRecord[13] = new Array() arRecord[13][1] = "1amSandstone" arRecord[13][2] = "Nocturne 3 - 1 a.m. Sandstone" arRecord[13][3] = 40 arRecord[13][4] = 50 arRecord[13][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[13][6] = "2,500" arRecord[13][7] = "" arRecord[13][8] = 551 arRecord[13][9] = 700 arRecord[13][10] = "On Cockatoo Island many of the large naval buildings have been demolished to reveal a huge sandstone cliff which is illuminated all night - some day it'll be shut down to conserve energy - until then the cliffs achieve a dominant beauty not seen by daylight." arRecord[14] = new Array() arRecord[14][1] = "FromTheFerry" arRecord[14][2] = "Nocturne 2 - From The Ferry" arRecord[14][3] = 40 arRecord[14][4] = 50 arRecord[14][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[14][6] = "2,500" arRecord[14][7] = "" arRecord[14][8] = 543 arRecord[14][9] = 700 arRecord[14][10] = "A quiet study of night water patterns at Greenwich Wharf." arRecord[15] = new Array() arRecord[15][1] = "TheFerryWharf" arRecord[15][2] = "Nocturne 1 - The Ferry Wharf" arRecord[15][3] = 50 arRecord[15][4] = 40 arRecord[15][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[15][6] = "2,500" arRecord[15][7] = "" arRecord[15][8] = 700 arRecord[15][9] = 554 arRecord[15][10] = "Sandstone, water and stars by flourescent light - nocturnes take on a sort of stagelit effect." arRecord[16] = new Array() arRecord[16][1] = "BerrysCreekII" arRecord[16][2] = "Berrys Creek II" arRecord[16][3] = 40 arRecord[16][4] = 50 arRecord[16][5] = "acrylic on canvas" arRecord[16][6] = "2,500" arRecord[16][7] = "" arRecord[16][8] = 560 arRecord[16][9] = 700 arRecord[16][10] = "A focussed view over a creek at low-tide to rocks on the far shore - made more dramatic by the burst of sunlight through afternoon clouds."