John Neeson describes his work as “a visual trip, or story with paths to follow and secrets to discover and a story unfolding as one progresses.” His colour saturated landscapes are maps in search of the deeper nature of place: the moment of exchange as the internal landscape is projected outside, and the external permeates and transforms the interior.

Neeson’s etching titled ‘Gunns - fade not away,’ is not landscape in any traditional sense, but a mapping of intensely personal and familiar terrain. We see cool tones of blue and purple with an array of emotionally charged textures. Neeson’s prints are landscapes without borders; where the interior and exterior worlds each subsume and engulf the other.

As well as a practising artist, Neeson is an academic, curator and writer. He is represented at ArtBank, the Australian National Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria and numerous tertiary and regional collections, and has exhibited to acclaim throughout his career.

‘Gunns-fade not away’ is a compelling addition to the collection of anyone fascinated by abstract landscapes or Australian modernism.

John NEESON (1948 - )
'Gunns - Fade Not Away' 1981
etching on paper
Edition of 19
Image Size: 49 x 47 cm
Dimensions: 56 x 63 cm
Signed: Editioned, titled and signed below image.
Comes with Letter of Provenance
Condition:Excellent:
(c) The Artist or Assignee