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Listening to Paintings - Kakadu

"Black Cockatoos at Obiri"
from "Listening to Paintings - Kakadu"

In 1990 I decided to write some music in an attempt to describe in musical terms, the same landscape I was trying to describe with paint. A field trip to Kakadu in the Northern Territory seemed an ideal location for this experiment.

The exhibition at Gallery Australia was well received to the point where all the paintings were sold, with the accompanying music on tape. This left me with the music, but no images. I decided to reproduce the paintings in print form and present them in a portfolio with a cassette of the music.

Some years ago, we decided to re-record the music, replacing some of my not-so-accomplished computerised synthesizer playing with some very fine musicians. It was also decided to produce a book to house the images and the compact disc.

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The Yandicoogina Commission for Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd

Photo courtesy of Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd

In August 1998 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd announced the commissioning of a collection of paintings to commemorate the opening of the new mine, "Yandicoogina" in early 1999.

Brendon was flown to the Pilbara in September and spent time painting, drawing and photographing the landscape around Yandicoogina. The next 5 months were spent working on the larger paintings in his North Perth studio. The resulting 16 major works are now a part of the Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd collection.

Although Brendon has for many years visited and painted the Pilbara region in Western Australia's north west, this was the first time he had seen this particular area of the Pilbara. It confirmed his long held belief that this is argueably the most spectacular landscape on earth.

View the Yandicoogine Commission Images

The images appear here courtesy of Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, one of Australia's largest exporters of Iron Ore.