The Bonfire
Patrick Carroll
Dimensions: 53.5x74cm
Year: 2004
Medium: acrylic on paper
Description:
"My first experience of bushfires occurred about 1960 when I was aged ten. I can still vividly recall the moment when a creek close by caught fire. It was night time and the dramatic silhouettes of poplar trees against the red/yellow wall of flame under the black canopy of sky compelled me to record it." Patrick Carroll - (Read more on page 96: The Journey)
"My first experience of bushfires occurred about 1960 when I was aged ten. I can still vividly recall the moment when a creek close by caught fire. It was night time and the dramatic silhouettes of poplar trees against the red/yellow wall of flame under the black canopy of sky compelled me to record it." Patrick Carroll - (Read more on page 96: The Journey)