Jeffrey Makin 'Cape Schanck' - Etching on paper landscape heralds from the artist's sketch

heralds from the artist's sketch book when he was living in London at the height of his creative output

his work is consistently informed by a sense of childlike wonder

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'River of Stars I' 1987

The rose recalls romance

Jeffrey Makin 'Cape Schanck' - Etching on paper landscape heralds from the artist's sketchAnyone who has travelled into the Australian landscape will recognise its magnetism. At once unyielding and symphonic, its varying, vast and sometimes alien terrain has transfixed generation after generation of artists. Today, the living leader of this tradition is Jeffrey Makin, who out in the plein air distils the spirit of place. This work is part of a suite of 10 etchings entitled Australia Felix by renowned Australian artist, Jeff Makin. Created