Acrylic and collage on canvas 60x60 2012
This piece was inspired by the names of the streets
around my home. Who were they named after? Someone’s daughter or son maybe?
Some public servant in far off England you were hoping would give you a land
grant? The local lord? So each street is named for where the names came from on
this pseudo-map, based loosely on the streets around my home in Newtown.
The top collage layer is made from oil pastel rubbings
of timber. The background images include an old typewriter keyboard and
machines on Cockatoo Island – in honour of Newtown’s industrial past.
