In this photo, the 5 founders of the Brushmen are seen around the campfire. Only 2 of them remain but exhibitions of their work continue to be very popular.
The men came from diverse backgrounds. Pro Hart had been a miner; Hugh Schulz, a miner prospector; Eric Minchin, an accountant; Jack Absalom, a kangaroo shooter; and John Pickup ran an ABC radio station.
We went to the Moree Art Gallery today, with Sue and Richard and saw this exhibition.
I'm an ignoramus when it comes to art but I know what I like!
They were all beautiful paintings but it was Jack Absalom's work that really appealed to me and I hope to win one of his paintings in a raffle!! It's a little similar to the one below.
I heard of naive painting for the first time and was intrigued with the paintings by Hugh Schultz. His paintings looked 3 dimensional because of the little clumps of stones or flowers.
The Art Gallery is situated in an old bank building, which I have always admired. Although a certain amount of structural alteration has been made, much of the building was as it was. We wandered around, trying to imagine where the various rooms and chimneys would have been.
A grand day! But we returned home to a horrible cold wind!
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