Brett Whiteley 'Nectar (addiction), Portrait of Paul Verlaine' street art

Brett Whiteley 'Nectar (addiction), Portrait of Paul Verlaine' street artBirds recur throughout Brett Whiteleys work, functioning as both motif and metaphor. 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. In 'Nectar', the artist creates an intimate and restrained etching of a bird drinking from a small flower. With simple mark making,

Dimensions: 37 x 37 x 4 cm

Through expressive and gestural brushstrokes

Dimensions: 94 x 69 x 6 cm

It is hand-signed by Blackman himself and is superbly framed

An anonymous voyeur among the animals

John Olsen’s work resists stillness

he draws visual connections that like constellations

She is an inspiration for artists

salient against plumes of brown

giving the sheet an aqueous bath

verified by the artist’s widow

Image Size: 30 x 45 cm