Auguste Blackman 'Goddess' organic & textural ‘Happy Kites’ is a layered

‘Happy Kites’ is a layered image

she is bitten by a snake and banished to the land of death

Signed: Lower Right Rankin

: 1988/0032An impression of this work is represented at the National Gallery of Australia

Barbara typed the work’s title at the bottom of the page

Auguste Blackman 'Goddess' organic & textural ‘Happy Kites’ is a layeredLike Barbara Blackman to Charles, the faces populating Women (the series from which this work stems) are Auguste Blackmans muses. They continue a longtime art historical interest in the feminine, placing, as the artist states iconic heads of women foremost. There are echoes of Pablo Picassos cubist portraits, Henri Matisses bliss and his father Charles Blackmans bittersweet. This work is a reflection of Augustes upbringing shepherded by a vibrant