Flinders Series : 1974
      - 1979


      
Collection of Newcastle
      Regional Art Gallery, NSW


      


      
Morning Vista, acrylic on canvas, 1.2 x 3.6 metres, 1975




      
 

      

        

          

            
Flinders Series 1974
            -1979

            
These hard-edge paintings
            developed from exploring colour and its interaction and applying
            it to the observation of the landscape north of Spencer Gulf-the
            vast semi-arid plains that stretch into the hinterland and the
            spectacular Flinders Ranges to the East. The main structure of
            these works were stripes that could be manipulated to give strong
            optical effects while also reflecting the space and strata of
            the landscape.

            
'It is a thrill and
            a lesson in the creative process to pass from a gouache by Barrie
            Goddard,itself a splendid piece of direct topographical painting
            to his inspired hard-edge composition, 'Angorichina-Morning side
            of the Mountain.'

            
Ivor Francis
            The Advertiser,
            September 1974

            
'He does not treat
            landscape as the traditionalists do, showing us what we know
            we see .He shows us the light by which we see, the light from
            which our brain draws conclusions with the aid of experience.'

            
David Dolan The Advertiser, February
            1976
          
        
      

        

          

            
Collection of Art
            Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide SA


            


            
Moolooloo Movement, acrylic on canvas, 1.5 x 3 metres, 1974
          
        
      






      


      
 


      
Brachina October Morning Light, acrylic on canvas, 152 x 274 cm 1974


      
In the collection of EBUS Melbourne,
      Victoria


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      


      
Angorchina - Morning Side of the
      Mountain, acrylic on canvas, 122 x 122 cm,1974


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      


      
Falkland Descent in Ecliptical
      Light, acrylic on canvas, 165 x
      165, 1974


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      


      
Strata Overhang Layered Link, acrylic on canvas, 3 x 1 metre, 1975


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      


      
Aroona Roll, acrylic on canvas, 0.6 x 3.6 metres, 1978


      
 


      
 


      
 


      
 


      


      
Aroona Roll, detail


      
 


      
 


      


      


      
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