The River Derwent and Hobart Town, Lutruwita (c1831- 2019)

The site of John Glover’s easel for The River Derwent and Hobart Town is marked on a bush walk with a placard and seat, though the landscape offers almost no resemblance.

The long view accented by evenly spaced mature eucalyptus, some have fresh epicormic growth from the trunk and others are charred of decaying in the foreground clearly shows the hallmarks of Indigenous Fire Knowledge. The land deliberately thinned of trees deliberately to reduce the risk of a big fire. A staggering difference between the site in 2019, which is entirely more flammable with less aesthetic quality.

Exhibited in ‘WONDER + DREAD’ 12 Dec 30 Jan 2021 at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, NSW, Australia.

Featured iconic Australian artists Arthur Boyd, Max Dupain, Sidney Nolan, Lloyd Rees, Albert Tucker and many other well known artists including: Glenn Barkly, Sam Byrne, Samuel Elyard, Helga Groves, Rosemary Laing, Marcia Macmillan, Aunty Deidre Martin & Nicole Monks, Alan McFetridge, Joseph McGlennon, Lara Merrett, Susan Norrie, Michael Riley, Cameron Robbins, Luke Shadbolt and William Strutt.

Reviews
The Australian: link here
The South Coast Register: link here

The River Derwent and Hobart Town, Lutruwita (c1831- 2019)
Pigment ink print
Diptych: 32.6 × 86 - Edition of 6 + 2AP
First Printed by Alan McFetridge in 2020

Left: John Glover (1767 - 1849)
The River Derwent and Hobart Town c1831
oil
51.5 x 71.5
Purchased with funds provided by the Art Foundation of Tasmania, the Sir James Plimsoll Bequest, Sir John Cameron, Mrs G F Davies, Mr C H Grant, Mr Roderick O’Connor, Coles Myer Ltd, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Foundation Ten, the Friends of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, anonymous benefactors and public donations, 1990.Collection: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery AG5458
Printed from a digital file courtesy of Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
pigment ink print
32.6 × 45.5
Printed by Alan McFetridge in 2020

Right: Alan McFetridge (1971 - )
The River Derwent and Hobart Town , Lutruwita, 2019.
Pigment ink print
First printed by Alan McFetridge in 2020

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