CreatorTony ColeingTitleAustralian Hillside GhostsDate1975MediumDrawing on paperDimensionsH. 582mm x W. 913mmArtist Statement‘Australian Hillside Ghosts’ (1975) was created in reaction to a neighbour clearing the adjoining block behind Tony’s cottage and studio. Coleing had moved back to Arakoon in 1974 following the birth of his son.
“I remember having a conversation with a woman who had bought the bush block behind us. She said that she moved there because she loved the trees but within days she had completed cleared her block. That was when I decided to sell my property at Arakoon. I ended up buying 100 acres 40 minutes north at Grassy Head. I am still here, surrounded by the bush and I can’t ever imagine leaving this place.”
- Written by Tony Coleing
This drawing is one of the earliest examples of Coleing’s use of stencils. Over the next three decades, the technique of stencilling appears in Coleing’s drawings, prints and paintings.Accession NumberG2024.9.7Credit LineDonated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program by Tony Coleing and Shayne HigsonAccess AdviceFor research purposes only. No reproduction without permission of Yarrila Arts and Museum.
