Burning rope tim storrier biography
The idea to paint burning rope under the night sky was born one evening on an outback trip in Struck by sudden inspiration, the year-old Storrier.!
It was from Russell Drysdale () that Storrier took his first inspiration, finding resonances of his own childhood in Drysdales interpretations of the.
Tim Storrier
Australian artist
Tim Storrier | |
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Storrier in Brewarrina, by Gary Grealy | |
| Born | () 13 February (age75) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | National Art School, Sydney |
| Knownfor | Painting |
| Awards | Sir John Sulman Prize Suzy Sir John Sulman Prize The Burn Archibald Prize The Lunar Savant |
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Tim StorrierAM (born 13 February , Sydney) is an Australian artist who won the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize with The Lunar Savant, a portrait of fellow artist McLean Edwards.[1]
Tim won the Archibald Prize for a 'faceless' self-portrait entitled The Histrionic Wayfarer (after Bosch).
His win proved a controversial choice by the judges. Storrier noted in the accompanying Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) text[2] "It refers to a painting by Hieronymus Bosch called The Wayfa