Philippe Le Miere 'Study for Alice in a game of kangaroo chess' landscape In his prints

In his prints

'Crawling Vines' 1979

Blackman draws her here with maturity

An example of Hall’s ability to distil her subject’s character

captured into an eternal form

Philippe Le Miere 'Study for Alice in a game of kangaroo chess' landscape In his printsPhilippe Le Mieres Alice in a game of kangaroo chess mashes up the work of two iconic Australian artists, Garry Shead and Charles Blackman. Across from Blackmans wide eyed Alice sits Sheads kangaroo; both Alice and the kangaroo wander through their respective oeuvres, bearing simultaneous literary and personal resonance. Sheads kangaroo is inspired by the writing of DH Lawrence, in whom he sensed a cross temporal connection. The kangaroo Lawrence had