John Olsen 'Monkeys' etching

John Olsen 'Monkeys' etchingIn this large pastel on paper, a pair of monkeys almost tumble from the page. For John Olsen, monkeys are the circus performers of the animal kingdom reminders that humour and delight are not confined to the human experience, but living too at these monkeys fingertips. A call to care for our environment, as well as an exercise in Olsens vivacious linework, Monkeys is a delightful find. It is monkey business at its finest. Winner of the Wynne, Sulman

Blackman draws a character — a sophisticated woman

Polymer and ink on paper

Signed: Signed 'Auguste BLACKMAN' and dated lower right

beholds the bouquet with a mixture of sorrow

giving form to an entanglement of ideas

other than mere delight

his intangible is the Jewish concept of God as both spiritual and immanent

Looking upon it conjures the scent of eucalyptus

Frame Dimensions: 48 x 58 x 2 cm

Shimmen was awarded Victorian Arts Board grants in 1983 and 1989

this felicitous time informed some of Blackman’s strongest work

Superb original etching by notable Australian artist Bettina McMahon of finely detailed rhinoceros