Jeffrey Makin 'Barrington Pastoral' - Etching on paper nudes vast and sometimes alien terrain

vast and sometimes alien terrain has transfixed generation after generation of artists

making poignant reference to his Jewish ancestry

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'The Bay VII' 1987

Dimensions: 107 x 76 cm

Jeffrey Makin 'Barrington Pastoral' - Etching on paper nudes vast and sometimes alien terrainAnyone who has travelled into the Australian landscape will recognise its magnetism. At once unyielding and symphonic, its varying, vast and sometimes alien terrain has transfixed generation after generation of artists. Today, the living leader of this tradition is Jeffrey Makin, who out in the plein air distils the spirit of place. For Mr. Makin, the landscape offers complexity, history and personality. In his portraits of natural landscape, he