Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Bernard Smith' women artists

Eric Thake 'Bookplate for Bernard Smith' women artistsThe popular practice of labelling and adorning ones beloved books with bookplates has almost been lost to history. In the early 20th century, members of the Australian Ex Libris Society would assign iconic artists with the task of creating personal tags that could be fixed onto the inside cover or first pages of their books. Eric Thake, known for his bold printmaking and distinct ability to sympathise with humanity through his images, was a popular

Luca CRIPPA (1924 - 2002)

but remains relevant today

Lear wrote this poem for a friend’s child

Taking inspiration from the masters of art history

'Light Dance I' 2004

Parts of the Alice and Flowers Portfolio

Blackman and animal imagery

The scene is idyllic – sailing boats glide like butterflies across the dappled water

Cast in pale blues and browns

This presence of clothing may serve to connect the spiritual and material

as well as the history of landscape painting

laying bare their soul