Floriated Room (1993)



Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, c.173 x 254
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)