
Blue Lake, 1967
Warren, SelbyDate
1967
Category
Painting
Description
Acrylic on tin. 19.5 x 20.33 in.
Warren was an Australian bushman who spent his life in the settlement of Trunkey Creek. He began making visual records of his life experiences in 1963 on found materials using brushes made of his own hair. Warren was discovered at 85, when his painting was seen hanging at his local pub.
Excerpt
“I’ve lived in the bush all me life. I’ve seen things that don’t happen in Australia any more...So when I took up painting I was able to put it all down.”