Duyfken Sketchbook
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Excerpt from: University of Western Australia Library News (see: Documents)
The Duyfken Sketchbook
The library has recently acquired the Duyfken Sketchbook, a unique work by Western Australian artist Gareth Morse.
Donated by the Friends of the UWA library, the Sketchbook is a series of 35 drawings done while the Duyfken replica ship was being built. They record the artist’s response to the shape and form of the ship as it gradually changed and grew over two years.
Gareth Morse is an influential painter of the Western Australian landscape who has painted the outback for 30 years. Originally from the Rhondda in Wales, he emigrated to Australia in 1975 and spent 24 years on the staff of Edith Cowan university, as a Lecturer and Head of the Art Department.
Gareth has exhibited consistently in solo and group exhibitions, and his artworks are held in prestigious collections in 10 countries. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in 1997.
The Sketchbook is located in scholars’ Manuscript Collection at MS0116.
The Duyfken Sketchbook
The library has recently acquired the Duyfken Sketchbook, a unique work by Western Australian artist Gareth Morse.
Donated by the Friends of the UWA library, the Sketchbook is a series of 35 drawings done while the Duyfken replica ship was being built. They record the artist’s response to the shape and form of the ship as it gradually changed and grew over two years.
Gareth Morse is an influential painter of the Western Australian landscape who has painted the outback for 30 years. Originally from the Rhondda in Wales, he emigrated to Australia in 1975 and spent 24 years on the staff of Edith Cowan university, as a Lecturer and Head of the Art Department.
Gareth has exhibited consistently in solo and group exhibitions, and his artworks are held in prestigious collections in 10 countries. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held by the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery in 1997.
The Sketchbook is located in scholars’ Manuscript Collection at MS0116.