Auguste Blackman 'Seasonal Beauty' architecture monstrous and moving

monstrous and moving

while a flash of red and orange recalls foliage browned under the Australian sun

Carousel Horse 1 is sure to be treasured for years to come

betray the changing of seasons and wilt

Image Size: 70 x 54 cm

Auguste Blackman 'Seasonal Beauty' architecture monstrous and movingAuguste Blackman grew up the son of two icons: Charles and Barbara Blackman. The former was a prominent figure in Australian Modernism; a man whose Schoolgirls and Alices are embedded in our visual lexicon. The latter, Barbara Blackman, is a poet, writer, advocate and muse. By the age of twenty two she was blind, a diagnosis that at first felt like a life sentence for a crime I had not committed but in turn gave her a unique outlook on life. Like