Charles Blackman 'Untitled [The Mad Tea Party]' painting 'Koi at Sankei-ne' 1989

'Koi at Sankei-ne' 1989

‘After Chardin (The Skate)’ bears two inspirations – the 18th century French painter Jean Charmin

When one gazes upon this work

Whether the dynamism of the Australian landscape or a mouse’s lactic love

Signed: Signed Makin lower right

Charles Blackman 'Untitled [The Mad Tea Party]' painting 'Koi at Sankei-ne' 1989The rare fine art archival print, Untitled [The Mad Tea Party] is quintessential Charles Blackman. Taken from his famed Alice and Wonderland series, it pictures a chaotic tea party, the White Rabbit and Alice marooned in a sea of chinaware. Despite the frenzy, Alice appears tranquil a luminous beauty against Blackmans nocturnal palette. Merging sentiment with pathos, Blackmans work is whimsical and surreal, finding emotional resonance in a world that