Don's Window (Kings Cross 1993)
(“Birth of a butterfly”)
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Size: 250cm x 200cm (Approximately. sizing)
Medium: Acrylic on (9) individual canvases framed inside a purpose built window
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Don was a good friend who has since passed away.

This semi-abstract artwork is my eulogy to Don and a homage
to all those who have the courage and are brave enough take on the challenge of their own life.

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This is a nocturnal painting.
You are looking at the reflections of Don's living room in his window at night.

Don once told me the story of a butterfly's struggle to break free 
of its chrysalis so that it can fly.
He said even though it may look painful to watch the butterfly struggling to be born 
if you help it break free then it might emerge with a deformed wing. 
This will impair its ability to fly.

We all want to fly and emerging into flight can be a very painful process
but it is each our own process...no one else's.

Don's story of the butterfly was the key inspiration for this artwork.
In the artwork the final window pane is open. Daylight can be seen.
The paint here has been scraped back to the bare canvas.

The photo below shows the artist with Suzanne Archer Artist/Lecturer – National Art School
discussing details of this artwork during its creation.