I went up to visit Malcolm Smith for a day or so at his place by the Hawkesbury river at Brooklyn as I did a few drawings and photos and thought about painting, and printing
Boats in the Mangroves
The highlight of my stay was a ride around on the river in the little boat down under the railway bridge and around to a little beach with some sort of small clubhouse. We had a swim as as a storm built up and approached then got going before it got too close and the wind picked up. At which point the little beach wouldn't be sheltered much at all, facing south east
Balconies and hills, and one of the huge cuttings in the sandstone on the nearby Newcastle freeway. I'm looking for a good vantage point to paint a view with one of them. My dad, a civil engineer was very impressed by them, bordering on awe, when we drove along the road for the first time soon after its opening in the early 70s.
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