Fairground
112 x 137 cms 2008
SOLD for $11000
  Fairground


This one was the result of a great deal too much brown paint. I had wanted to do the tent for a long time (it even started off red and white) and came across the stalls in some early photos of the Murray Bridge Show. It was originally planned as a reworking of Fence and Fairground with a fence in front, but the Humpty Dumpty was too strong to hide in the background. Then I used neither the original Humpty nor the original lettering. I wanted him to be gleeful. The girl throwing balls also got a great deal angrier.

I have used the pony in Broken Window and Photos $2 but he got darker this time and I changed the bloke leading him who may appear a bit tall, but he would have tripped over the tent pegs otherwise.

The child was at Adelaide Zoo about 3 Christmases ago.

The woman in the stall lurched in front of the camera in Rundle Mall and here she is, immortalised!

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