KELLY AND HORSE [1946]
Sidney Nolan started his painting, Kelly and Horse, in March 1946 and completed it in September of the same year. He chose to use a 92.1cm x 122.4cm composite board as his canvas and used the Ripolin brand and type of paints. These were high grade enamels from France which were basically liquid plastics. He most likely painted it on the floor or a large table as the painting surface needed to be flat because of the high liquidity of the colour enamels he used. Ripolin was extremely fast drying so required near immediate working and precise positioning, unlike the traditional oil paints of the time which could still be worked hours after applying to a canvas. An interesting point about the painting is that Nolan himself was on the run whilst he painted it. He had been conscripted into the army in 1942 and went absent without leave in 1944. Within the painting can be seen the anonymity of the escaping, rider who could well be Nolan, or anyone else for that matter, just as easily as it could be Ned Kelly.
Artist & Artwork 2: Ricky Swallow
THE ARRANGEMENT [2004]
Ricky Swallow completed his sculpture, The Arrangement, in 2004. He used laminated lime wood as his medium and left it raw upon completion, possibly to make it difficult between the snakes and helmet straps. The piece looks to have been carved out of one piece of wood however this seems near impossible at such a detail level and it could possibly be multiple carvings assembled to be one piece. The time span taken to finish the piece was most likely long, and as is usual with Swallow, many separate works were probably undertaken at once.
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