CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS by
RICHARD BAXTER
In the 1940's, my parents lived in the desert country of Central Australia with their Blue Heeler dog.
Alan worked for the PMG (Post Master General) which was the telephone company at that time.
They lived in the old Telegraph Repeater Station at Barrow Creek, first established in Australia in the 1870's.
The significance of telephone poles in my work over the years, is probably related to his work, and to their
symbolic reference to communication and the linking of souls over distances.
The Box Brownie camera sitting on the running board of the car, was the time machine that transported
my parents into the future, enabling me to place myself in the picture, reflected in the chrome of the hubcaps,
in turn looking back in time.
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title
singing telegraph
medium
oil on canvas
size
170cm x 105cm
date
October, 2003
status
sold
CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS
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In the 1940's, my parents lived in the desert country of Central Australia with their Blue Heeler dog. Alan worked for the PMG (Post Master General) which was the telephone company at that time. They lived in the old Telegraph Repeater Station at Barrow Creek, first established in Australia in the 1870's. The significance of telephone poles in my work over the years, is probably related to his work, and to their symbolic reference to communication and the linking of souls over distances. The Box Brownie camera sitting on the running board of the car, was the time machine that transported my parents into the future, enabling me to place myself in the picture, reflected in the chrome of the hubcaps, in turn looking back in time. |
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CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE PAINTINGS