Ryan William Daffurn Sydney NSW Miners bathing, Hill End oil on linen This painting is part of a wider series about the Hill End region and the human impact on this strange, tortured landscape. Several important historical artworks guided this painting to its conclusion, including a painting of soldiers bathing by Sir Ivor Hele in the War Memorial, Canberra and the famous Boy at the Basin, by Sir William Dobell. This painting grew from many direct encounters while at Hill End, drawing and traversing this environment. Integrating the male form into these epic, dissolving structures was a fascinating process. On this particular site a dam used to exist and where I recreated a scene of miners exhausted from their toil and seeking refuge in bathing together. Represented by Maunsell Wickes & Lethbridge Gallery
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