Eric Thake 'Hippobottomi' earth tones An impression of this work

An impression of this work is illustrated in Colin Holden The Outsider: A Portrait of Ursula Hoff (Australian Scholarly Publishing

meeting new interpretations at every turn

she carves out smiling faces

this charcoal drawing oozes style

using both Aboriginal and Western techniques to unsettle categorisation

Eric Thake 'Hippobottomi' earth tones An impression of this workEvery year, modernist Eric Thake would send his friends a hand made Christmas card. Original linocut prints, these cards have since become canonical, each observing a changing nation through one its most distinct voices. They also speak to Thakes innerworld, with this particular work coming from the collection of his friend, revered writer and curator Ursula Hoff. The punnily titled Hippobottomi is a disarming portrait of three hippos. Thake captures