Wieneke Archive Book 3 : Moreton Galleries 1960-61 Presscuttings

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY THE NORTHWOOD GROUP LLOYD REES ROLAND WAKELIN ART REVIEW by Dr. Gertrude Langer Sydney group's show THE Northwood Group of Sydney, whose mem- bers are Lloyd Rees, Roland Wakelin, George Lawrence, and John Santry, have exhibited here individually on many occasions. Now they exhibit as a group at the Moreton Galleries. Of the four, the one who set the imagination dream- ing is Lloyd Rees. The way he succeeds in creating a grandiose vision of land- scape with the daintiest of means is fascinating. So is the way he achieves solidity without robbing the colours of their light and airiness. A seascape such as "Southern Seas," with Its Mr of eternity and its mel- lowness of feeling, Is hard to find In our hurried and troubled age, To "Calabria" and to "The Stones of Athens." as well AS to Rees brings a person eye and creates a poetics "otherness." "Stones of Athens," painted with a great deal of introspection, fuses memory and dream. Though the parts do not quite integrate, some of them are painted most beautifully. "Country Roed" and 21- p. 6/ "Night Perry," by Wakelin (both qt not so recent vint- age), are typical of his sonorous colour -harmonies and of his careful, intellec- tual design. Of George Lawrence's eight paintings one may single out "Expressway Con- struction," with its long Arrested perspective, its fresh colour,, and its viva- cious handling. Also "Even- ing, Brixam," and "The Fruit Barrow," Santry's work John Santry's paintings lack style. 'The Brothers," which is rather typical of him, moves one as much as a richly -coloured magazine Illustration. In "The Young Foot- baller" and "Woolloomoo- loo" the cubist space treat- ment does not tally with the trivial anatomical drawing of the heads. Moreton display by four artists C. G. GIBHS Moreton Galleries presents a quartet of well known names in the field of Australian art. Each of the four artists;contributes items result- carefully drawn,. modelled represented-Lloyd RecS. ing in a well balanced art forms, the placid but rich Roland Wakelin. George statement. .coloring of Wakelin, the L.wrenr, John Santry-1 Lloyd Rees, with his busy and vigorous .Law- rence canvases, comple- mented by John Santry's decorative approach. combine to give Brisbane a showing of superb quai- 1 ity. Stones of Athens, a work strongly drawn in rich color and heavy value, not only provides subject matter of wide interest, but transports the viewer from mere canvas appreciation to a complete illusion of three , dimenSional form in Rees' sculpture -like treat- ment of the scene itself Roland Wakelin ex- presses, through Country Road, an isolation and placidity sn well known to Australians. yet with a richness of vibrant color possible only to those ex- perienced in the use of opposing and comple- mentary hues. George Lawrence achieves success in his major composition. Ex- pressway Construction. through a carefully de- signed background made lively by a linear overlay of deeper values. The Harbour at Kiama is heavy in tone, satisfying in color. with good local interest. The Brothers is a powerfully painted work by John Santry. the street playground used as 'a foil to the two main figures.