Louise Tomlinson 'The Grass Castle King ' - etching on paper bright & vivid 'On the Barren Thorns' 2004

'On the Barren Thorns' 2004

Greg MALLYON (1954 - )

This is how one remembers their childhood

penetrating poeticism

Artbank and regional galleries across Victoria

Louise Tomlinson 'The Grass Castle King ' - etching on paper bright & vivid 'On the Barren Thorns' 2004In Grass Castle King, Louise Tomlinson evokes a haunted landscape. The work takes its title from Dame Mary Duracks 1959 book of the same name. In it, Durack tells the story of her grandfather, an Irish immigrant who led a fleet of drovers as they brought their cattle on hoof from the tropical north. The book is noted for its portrayal of women in the pastoral industry and the respect shared between the pastoralists and local Indigenous population.