Floriated Room (1993)

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, c.173 x 254
Private collection, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
This painting, first exhibited in Arkley’s 1993 solo show at the Bellas Gallery in Brisbane, is documented by a slide in Arkley’s archive (reproduced here).
The fevered colour and turbulent patterning complicate the bland compositional source – the ‘lounge/dining room’ page in Gold’s Instant Decorator.
Provenance
- Recorded in a Melbourne P/C
Exhibited
- HA Bellas, Brisbane, 5/93, cat..4 (title only given in the check-list; priced at $12,000)