George has a long history as a photographer, and teacher at Sydney's College of Fine Arts. To view George's poetic visualisations is a meditative, dreamlike experience. He says "These images come to me unbidden and speak for themselves in a sort of visual poetry, or songs without words. They approximate the dreams and visions making up the texture of my days; occupying the spaces between clear brilliant austerity, muted shades of the past and the beautiful sombre nuance of the real".
Tropic of Cancer, Mexico
George and his wife Charis are lovely people. In a previous exhibition, Highlights of the Road (Stills gallery 2004) George documented a journey that he and Charis took around the world by motor cycle (1965 -68) . They produced a limited edition of 1000 books of the photographs, and donated all of the proceeds to setting up a Motor Cycle Accident Rehabilitation Initiative, to help motor cycle accident victims piece their lives together again. An amazing achievement by two very generous hearted people.
Charis in the Rain, Maz
So if you live in Sydney do go along to see George's latest exhibition!
And last but not least:
A BIG thank you to the lovely Holly from Decor8, who featured yellow monday on her marvelous blog today. Holly's blog is a fabulous resource of art and design. She also takes the trouble to critique what she finds, which makes a visit to her blog so enriching. Thanks again for your support Holly!
