Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism Janet Lawrence

Janet Lawrence

the artist captures the monolithic form of a mountain covered in snow

She superseded the Victorian tradition of the genteel lady amatuer and was instead

and her work is held at the National Gallery of Australia

Part of the Jungle Chronicles

Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism Janet LawrenceBirds recur throughout Brett Whiteleys work. As a child, he would steal eggs from nests and as an adult, paint them in his work. Forever moving around, he often thought of the flight paths of birds, his representations of them tinged with yearning for freedom and domestic stability. Hullo (Cockatoo) is a portrait of Australias most talkative bird, the cockatoo. It knocks at the cage, addressing the viewer with a hullo. From one perspective, it is a