The reclusive artist Ian Fairweather, spent the last two decades of his life in a hut on Bribie Island where he created majestic paintings, mostly at night by kerosene lamplight, in his studio-house — a fit-for-purpose structure built from bush materials with an earth floor. Artist James Gleeson described the house as being ‘like a great bird’s nest’.
"Thinking of Ian Fairweather" Medium: Synthetic polymer and liquid wax on paper. Size: 73cm x 106cm. Painted on Arches Aquarelle paper, 640 gsm. SOLD
Photograph of Fairweather by Robert Walker (from ‘Hut’ series) 1966, printed 2006.
Ian Fairweather’s artwork “Roi-soleil” -1956-1957