Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism Janet Lawrence

Janet Lawrence

Undiscovered in his lifetime and plagued with mental illness

an orange offering in each of their laps

Framed Dimensions: 61 x 72 x 3 cm

Part of the Jungle Chronicles

Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism Janet LawrenceBirds recur throughout Brett Whiteleys work. As a child, he would steal eggs from nests and as an adult, paint them in his work. Forever moving around, he often thought of the flight paths of birds, his representations of them tinged with yearning for freedom and domestic stability. Hullo (Cockatoo) is a portrait of Australias most talkative bird, the cockatoo. It knocks at the cage, addressing the viewer with a hullo. From one perspective, it is a