@@Loneokami Excerpt from a recent email to a query: "Speaking of sequestering oneself from the world: Ian Fairweather, miserable sod that he was, had a place on Bribie Island, but when he wanted to flee from whence came the razoo, it was to the front half of an Australian Navy Coastal Defence Launch that had sunk at her moorings and been chopped up to salvage the engine. Situated beside a semi derelict armaments store in a remote Darwin bay, the chop had been balustraded and looked out to the retired pearling luggers anchored near the crocodile infested Mangrove swamp. And that's where the muse came and he worked through ideas with lots of paint on old newspapers, most of which were flung aside and rarely picked up."
I feel sad for this man not have his mother until he was 10, but Artist often like solitude to work in so , I guess his life suited him and his art. Shame some people didn’t get him . If it hadn’t been for this video I would never have known about Ian Fairweather. So thank you .
Words cannot express how much his work effects me … exceptional , beautiful & totally unique … what an amazing man He had a very hard life but it helped create his ability to express images that reach right into your soul … thankfully he left us such inspiring work 🙏🏻❤️
Aside from the slightly stilted AI reading of the text - I think this video offers the ,most comprehensive overview of Fairweathers life and work I’ve come across- thanks to whoever put it together. In 1970- as a zealous art student - I hitchhiked from Canberra to Queensland- in the hope of meeting him. Unfortunately the trip itself was so challenging - after a weeks traveling- sleeping under bridges in the rain etc - not long after Brisbane, I am ashamed to say I felt so poor, lost & disheartened that I eventually gave up, and hitchhiked back to Canberra. Still I have always had a keen interest in his work - and this video has helped fill in the empty spaces. Thanks 🙏
I’ve been bingeing the full series and finally came to the last video when i saw a new upload. To my surprise, this nomadic artist even came to my country for a bit. Thank you for your posts, it informs my art practice.
Maybe one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Unfortunately, because he lived in Australia and had such a crazy life, few people in the rest of the world have heard of him. I knew a woman who OWNED the painting @ 35.45. I used to go to her house and look at it sometimes. It was a very moving experience.
When I was a boy, my family used to go to Bribie Island for the week end. There was only a ferry from Redcliffe to get there. We would camp on the beach. There were only a few houses there. I remember the huge old gun emplacements, and the impenetrable bush just beyond the beach. There were plentiful fish to catch on the beach. Heaven. I could see why Ian wanted to be there. I have never met him, but his paintings are much sought after.
He lived 5 lifetimes into one I think. He was a real adventurer. The Australian painter Margaret Olley was friends with him. I read in a biography book about her, that she took on the enormous task of travelling to Bribie Island to stay and paint with him. I think he was drinking a lot if I recall. Margaret Olley was a big drinker too. She eventually gave it up though.
Surely the most important, original and brilliant modernist Australia ever produced. Fairweather stands tall amid the mob of derivative, pretentious and mediocre painters that clutter our early attempts at abstraction. For mine he is the greatest of “Australian” twentieth century painters, with only perhaps Fred Williams even approaching the status of being his peer.
I don't care much for this artwork. I'm sure there is something to it I'm not getting. Figure drawing is a standard test of sorts. For him to win the figure drawing award means a lot. Also, this guy got around a lot for a 'hermit'.
Ian was my friend and mentor. Thank you for this.
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@@Loneokami Excerpt from a recent email to a query: "Speaking of sequestering oneself from the world: Ian Fairweather, miserable sod that he was, had a place on Bribie Island, but when he wanted to flee from whence came the razoo, it was to the front half of an Australian Navy Coastal Defence Launch that had sunk at her moorings and been chopped up to salvage the engine. Situated beside a semi derelict armaments store in a remote Darwin bay, the chop had been balustraded and looked out to the retired pearling luggers anchored near the crocodile infested Mangrove swamp. And that's where the muse came and he worked through ideas with lots of paint on old newspapers, most of which were flung aside and rarely picked up."
I feel sad for this man not have his mother until he was 10, but Artist often like solitude to work in so , I guess his life suited him and his art. Shame some people didn’t get him .
If it hadn’t been for this video I would never have known about Ian Fairweather. So thank you .
Glad you liked it.
Words cannot express how much his work effects me … exceptional , beautiful & totally unique … what an amazing man He had a very hard life but it helped create his ability to express images that reach right into your soul … thankfully he left us such inspiring work
🙏🏻❤️
Aside from the slightly stilted AI reading of the text - I think this video offers the ,most comprehensive overview of Fairweathers life and work I’ve come across- thanks to whoever put it together.
In 1970- as a zealous art student - I hitchhiked from Canberra to Queensland- in the hope of meeting him. Unfortunately the trip itself was so challenging - after a weeks traveling- sleeping under bridges in the rain etc - not long after Brisbane, I am ashamed to say I felt so poor, lost & disheartened that I eventually gave up, and hitchhiked back to Canberra. Still I have always had a keen interest in his work - and this video has helped fill in the empty spaces. Thanks 🙏
Glad you liked it. Finding out about him took quite a bit of digging.
Thanks for highlighting this much underrated and little appreciated artist.
Thank you for introducing me to this amazing artist and his fascinating life story
it’s a pretty good voice, clear, good enunciation and quite natural modulation. beautifully written, fantastic research…world class..thanks very much.
Wow, thank you!
I saw that 1994 retrospective. What an extraordinary life Excellent video thank you
I’ve been bingeing the full series and finally came to the last video when i saw a new upload. To my surprise, this nomadic artist even came to my country for a bit. Thank you for your posts, it informs my art practice.
At last , something about Fairweather on UA-cam. Interesting and satisfying.
Thrilling presentation in depth and nuanced with the use of his works
Glad you liked it.
He seemed unique in every possible way!
Maybe one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Unfortunately, because he lived in Australia and had such a crazy life, few people in the rest of the world have heard of him. I knew a woman who OWNED the painting @ 35.45. I used to go to her house and look at it sometimes. It was a very moving experience.
When I was a boy, my family used to go to Bribie Island for the week end. There was only a ferry from Redcliffe to get there. We would camp on the beach. There were only a few houses there. I remember the huge old gun emplacements, and the impenetrable bush just beyond the beach. There were plentiful fish to catch on the beach. Heaven. I could see why Ian wanted to be there. I have never met him, but his paintings are much sought after.
Happy memories!
Thak you for the upload.
This channel is pretty amazing tbh
Glad you like it. 😀
Quite the eccentric artist. But i sure like his work!
He lived 5 lifetimes into one I think. He was a real adventurer. The Australian painter Margaret Olley was friends with him. I read in a biography book about her, that she took on the enormous task of travelling to Bribie Island to stay and paint with him. I think he was drinking a lot if I recall. Margaret Olley was a big drinker too. She eventually gave it up though.
This guy was great!!! Lol
Surely the most important, original and brilliant modernist Australia ever produced. Fairweather stands tall amid the mob of derivative, pretentious and mediocre painters that clutter our early attempts at abstraction. For mine he is the greatest of “Australian” twentieth century painters, with only perhaps Fred Williams even approaching the status of being his peer.
The staccato robot's voice is off putting but an interesting insight into a mysterious man...
Is this VO made by AI?? It is so weird and uncanny valley - like Yoda.
What type of device are you using to watch the video?
Interesting that his painted faces are abstractions....nothing is personal...like the narrator's voice.
I don't care much for this artwork. I'm sure there is something to it I'm not getting. Figure drawing is a standard test of sorts. For him to win the figure drawing award means a lot. Also, this guy got around a lot for a 'hermit'.
Such a shame this is unnecessarily spoiled by the AI narration.
Loving the work but the narration is awful.