Brett Whiteley 'The Willow' still life From the 1963 painting

From the 1963 painting

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Brett Whiteley 'The Willow' still life From the 1963 paintingBrett Whiteley is an icon of Australian art. Often fusing the abstract and the figurative, Whiteley creates emotionally heightened worlds of ballooning forms and elongated lines. His imagery is always immediate, reflective of his pursuit for beauty which can best be described as being on time for the appointment. In his 1988 screenprint on paper, Whiteley represents the silhouette of a willow tree against an ambiguous horizon. Using broad, gestural