Alan Jones has long been interested in looking at Australia’s colonial history and the journey of the First Fleet in 1788 – from a personal perspective and also from a broader view point as an Australian. It was these initial 717 British convicts that formed the beginnings of what has become modern day colonial Australia.
A studio residency at The Ropewalk began the process of collecting images relevant to his British ancestry. Outdoor studies became the groundwork for a new body of work that seeks to piece together his ancestor’s lives before being transported to Australia from where they never returned.
Watters Gallery
Until November 17, 2012
Sydney
New South Wales 2, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 85 x 80cm
Courtesy the artist and Watters Gallery, Sydney
