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The adventures of William Yaxley.

The adventures of William Yaxley.
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ISBN 9780958638395
Name Yaxley, William, 1943- artist.
Title The adventures of William Yaxley.
Portion of title William Yaxley
Published Rockhampton : Rockhampton Art Gallery, 2016.
©2016.
Description 93 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents Foreword / Tracy Cooper-Lavery -- The adventures of William Yaxley / Diana Warnes -- Club Tropicana / Glenn Barkley -- Bill Yaxley / Phil Brown -- Exhibition checklist.
Summary The adventures of William Yaxley presents a survey of an important mid-career Australian artist. As a self-taught artist, Yaxley worked in isolation from Australian art centres to develop an idiosyncratic style. His approach is an instinctive, rather than a learned way of working, enabling Yaxley to visually communicate the essence of a place. Yaxley is a story-teller, and his paintings depict idyllic scenes of farming life in both Central Queensland and Tasmania, but also of his travels around Australia. He concentrates on the elements of texture, shape, colour, and movement, which he combines with an aerial perspective to depict regional locations and subject matter with an irreverent sense of humour. This combination of larrikinism, sense of irony in the everyday, and an essentially raw approach to painting and sculpture, mark out Yaxley as an artist with a truly unique vision.
Exhibitions note Exhibition at Rockhampton Art Gallery 9 April to 29 May 2016 and is then touring to Ipswich Art Gallery from 11 June to 7 August 2016.
Subjects Yaxley, William, -- 1943-Exhibitions
Rockhampton Art Gallery -- Exhibitions
Painting, Australian -- Exhibitions.
Painting, Australian -- Tasmania -- Exhibitions.
Sculpture, Australian -- Exhibitions
Landscape painting, Australian -- Exhibitions
Landscape painting, Australian -- Tasmania -- Exhibitions
Landscapes in art
Art, Australian -- 21st century -- Exhibitions
Artists -- Australia -- Exhibitions
Genre Exhibition catalogues
Added Names Warnes, Diana. author.
Brown, Phil, 1956- author.
Barkley, Glenn author.
Added Corporate Names Rockhampton Art Gallery issuing body.
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