Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

FOREWORD JAMES CANT is unquestionably one of our most able painters of intimate landscape, substituting as he does what might be described as the "worm's -eye view" for the more frequently exploited "bird's- eye view." During the past few years he has developed an original and extremely personal approach to the Australian scene. Choosing the simplest elements, a few sand -hills or a scrubby paddock, It is surprising what he can do with such unpromising material. Using a carefully selected palette limited chiefly to warm greys, greens, and black, on a richly textured surface he gives a curious sense of vibra- tion by the quick calligraphic dal 's of his brush. Few artists In this country can convey so much by means that appear so slight. ROBERT CAMPBELL. Adelaide, 1961. CATALOGUE Gns. 1. Boy and the Butterfly 45 2. Birds in the Dead Bush 35 3. Dry Grasses 35 4. The Clearing 24 5. Spring in the Hills 25 6. Feathery Grasses 26 7. The Grey Vase 25 Gns. 8. Wild Flowers 18 9. The Gravel Pit 20 10. In the Adelaide Hills 20 11. Rocks, Long Gully 20 12. Red Rocks 20 13. White Cockatoo 24 14. The House by the Cliff 24 15. In the SandhiIls 45 16. Birds in an Old Vine 45 17. The Cloud Shadows 45 18. Evening Landscape 28 19. The River Torrent 26 20. The Dragon Fly 24 21. The Native Forest 24 22. Summer Grass 20 23. The Edge of the Scrub 28 24. The Dead Bush 45