Brett Whiteley

Brett Whiteley has been the single most important influence on my Art and Life since discovering him in Year 8. Listening to Mother's Milk and studying 3 unit Art in Year 11 and 12 and Oliver and Briony and Greer and Nadine and Chris and Dustin and Jo and sitting on the front lawn of Orange High and hearing the news that he died on that afternoon in '92. The curl, the swirl, drawing calligraphically. The nude, the lewd, Surry Hills, Lavender Bay. What style. Arkie. What a loss.