Paul Compton 'half light, half life ' first nations artist Picasso and Apollinaire perceived Rousseau

Picasso and Apollinaire perceived Rousseau as a kind of child

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For lovers of Australian printmaking

“Many of the depicted images are the end results of remembered dreams

Paul Compton 'half light, half life ' first nations artist Picasso and Apollinaire perceived RousseauPaul Compton is an illustrator, artist and print maker based in Melbourne. Featuring creatures real and imagined, Comptons work is often fantastical in nature, and through his work he blends aspects of realistic figuration with a sense of the absurd. Comptons creations are a testament to the artists ever present imagination. In his 2015 woodcut 'half light, half life', Paul Compton explores the tension between interconnection and isolation. Suspended