Man Wearing a Hat

101 x 76 cms  2016

Shortlisted for the Heysen Prize for Landscape

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Having moved to the historic town of Burra, SA, I had access to a number of very early photographs, amongst which I found this man.

I had photographed the wrecked car many years before, alongside a track through some woods.

The framer said, "That must have a story behind it." It hasn't. There is no story. Attempting to both see the painting and also invent a story that 'must' be there imposes the barrier of your thought between yourself and the painting, making it impossible to 'see' the painting at all.

Man Wearing a Hat