Paul Compton 'half light, half life ' first nations artist accession number: 5

accession number: 5

accession number: 3716-4

’ Szilagyi represents a moody forest scene

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Paul Compton 'half light, half life ' first nations artist accession number: 5Paul Compton is an illustrator, artist and print maker based in Melbourne. Featuring creatures real and imagined, Comptons work is often fantastical in nature, and through his work he blends aspects of realistic figuration with a sense of the absurd. Comptons creations are a testament to the artists ever present imagination. In his 2015 woodcut 'half light, half life', Paul Compton explores the tension between interconnection and isolation. Suspended