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R ICHARD M CL EAN Back to Basics 50 Recent Drawings The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift Albert Einstein You yourself as much as anyone in the entire universe deserve your love and affection Gautam Buddha Exhibition Print Catalogue

R ICHARD M CL EAN Back to Basics 50 Recent Drawings The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift Albert Einstein You yourself as much as anyone in the entire universe deserve your love and affection Gautam Buddha Exhibition Print Catalogue

Foreword Richard McLean and I met in Melbourne in December 2006 It was quite literally an about face a nose to nose G day in a crowded room its atmosphere frosty and a clamorous cascading of metaphysics literature and art that cemented then and there our enduring brotherhood I was honoured but wanting to do his accomplished work justice also somewhat nervous when he recently proposed I pen a few thoughts for Back to Basics 50 Recent Drawings Most of the images in this collection were presented to me over many months via email and confidently as is Rich s way as works in progress simple black and whites their shadings colours and accents not yet annexed Even in such early stages I was struck by the unflinching candour the resolution of these pieces to become fully realised masterstrokes For me as a fellow artist there was no greater thrill no greater privilege a rare one at that than observing a friend at play dinghy moored on still waters revives the tremulous lyrics of an early 90s Number 1 And Sea Creature though at first glance monstrous evokes a warm and magical humour From the electricity of a Crucifixion and the heavily pregnant storm clouds swarming above a suburban space to the muted transparencies of his studio and the sunrise with his beloved Golden retriever McLean here asserts his unrivalled eye His portraits the pathos in unrest the nervous contemplation in new love abide and shimmer like an evergreen s leaves The cold Black Hand crumbling a child s toy in the radiating white light of a full moon demands an awareness of the current and controversial struggle for globalisation of government Under the Bridge while of a The ability to perceive the space between spaces to capture both sides of the coin to honour both the darkness and the light is what makes Richard McLean s art so accessible so human so compelling and so lyrical Like Sylvia Plath s Ariel or Anne Sexton s Live or Die this body of work is one of transformation Violent Sunrise mirrors the climax of Plath s titular poem And I Am the arrow The dew that flies Suicidal at one with the drive Into the red Eye the cauldron of morning the masculine self actively marries its equal masculine power The marmoreal Sweet Peace the punning Hands with Glove with its golden bloom attract like pollen the waxing words of Sexton s Live So I won t hang around in my hospital shift repeating The Black Mass and all of it I say Live Live because of the sun the dream the excitable gift These fifty excitable gifts speak for themselves of a past a present and a future Richard McLean is not wintering his bees are flying They taste the spring STUART BARNES Dec 2010 Quotes lines from Ariel and Wintering by Sylvia Plath from Ariel Faber and Faber Limited 1965 lines from Live by Anne Sexton from Live or Die Houghton Mifflin 1966

Foreword Richard McLean and I met in Melbourne in December 2006 It was quite literally an about face a nose to nose G day in a crowded room its atmosphere frosty and a clamorous cascading of metaphysics literature and art that cemented then and there our enduring brotherhood I was honoured but wanting to do his accomplished work justice also somewhat nervous when he recently proposed I pen a few thoughts for Back to Basics 50 Recent Drawings Most of the images in this collection were presented to me over many months via email and confidently as is Rich s way as works in progress simple black and whites their shadings colours and accents not yet annexed Even in such early stages I was struck by the unflinching candour the resolution of these pieces to become fully realised masterstrokes For me as a fellow artist there was no greater thrill no greater privilege a rare one at that than observing a friend at play dinghy moored on still waters revives the tremulous lyrics of an early 90s Number 1 And Sea Creature though at first glance monstrous evokes a warm and magical humour From the electricity of a Crucifixion and the heavily pregnant storm clouds swarming above a suburban space to the muted transparencies of his studio and the sunrise with his beloved Golden retriever McLean here asserts his unrivalled eye His portraits the pathos in unrest the nervous contemplation in new love abide and shimmer like an evergreen s leaves The cold Black Hand crumbling a child s toy in the radiating white light of a full moon demands an awareness of the current and controversial struggle for globalisation of government Under the Bridge while of a The ability to perceive the space between spaces to capture both sides of the coin to honour both the darkness and the light is what makes Richard McLean s art so accessible so human so compelling and so lyrical Like Sylvia Plath s Ariel or Anne Sexton s Live or Die this body of work is one of transformation Violent Sunrise mirrors the climax of Plath s titular poem And I Am the arrow The dew that flies Suicidal at one with the drive Into the red Eye the cauldron of morning the masculine self actively marries its equal masculine power The marmoreal Sweet Peace the punning Hands with Glove with its golden bloom attract like pollen the waxing words of Sexton s Live So I won t hang around in my hospital shift repeating The Black Mass and all of it I say Live Live because of the sun the dream the excitable gift These fifty excitable gifts speak for themselves of a past a present and a future Richard McLean is not wintering his bees are flying They taste the spring STUART BARNES Dec 2010 Quotes lines from Ariel and Wintering by Sylvia Plath from Ariel Faber and Faber Limited 1965 lines from Live by Anne Sexton from Live or Die Houghton Mifflin 1966

Unsettling Winds Conte Acrylic Pencil Wash Digitally Enhanced Christ Consciousness Conte Pencil Wash Working Sketch Unsettling Winds Conte Pencil Wash

Unsettling Winds Conte Acrylic Pencil Wash Digitally Enhanced Christ Consciousness Conte Pencil Wash Working Sketch Unsettling Winds Conte Pencil Wash

New Day with Steinberg Texta Acrylic Wash Will You Marry Me featuring Steve Iasonidis Compressed Charcoal Oil Stick Oil Pastel

New Day with Steinberg Texta Acrylic Wash Will You Marry Me featuring Steve Iasonidis Compressed Charcoal Oil Stick Oil Pastel

Mordialloc Sunset Main St Cafe Texta Acrylic Wash Working Sketch Mordialloc Sunset Main St Cafe Texta Acrylic House Paint Still Life Blundstones Compressed Charcoal

Mordialloc Sunset Main St Cafe Texta Acrylic Wash Working Sketch Mordialloc Sunset Main St Cafe Texta Acrylic House Paint Still Life Blundstones Compressed Charcoal

Rental at Mordialloc Pencil Charcoal Acrylic Wash Under the Bridge Mordialloc Creek Oil Stick Acrylic

Rental at Mordialloc Pencil Charcoal Acrylic Wash Under the Bridge Mordialloc Creek Oil Stick Acrylic

Telstra Texta Acrylic Wash Violent Sunrise Ink Acrylic Pencil Oil Pastel

Telstra Texta Acrylic Wash Violent Sunrise Ink Acrylic Pencil Oil Pastel

Healing Texta Acrylic Wash Through the Kitchen Window Compressed Charcoal Wash

Healing Texta Acrylic Wash Through the Kitchen Window Compressed Charcoal Wash

Recycling Conte Compressed Charcoal Pencil Acrylic Thinking of a friend in Afghanistan Ink Compressed Charcoal Biro Working Sketch for Thinking of a friend in Afghanistan Compressed Charcoal Wash

Recycling Conte Compressed Charcoal Pencil Acrylic Thinking of a friend in Afghanistan Ink Compressed Charcoal Biro Working Sketch for Thinking of a friend in Afghanistan Compressed Charcoal Wash

David s Demons Charcoal Oil Pastel House Paint David Digital Drawn over Portrait Charcoal Oil Pastel House Paint Election Day 2010 Charcoal Oil Pastel

David s Demons Charcoal Oil Pastel House Paint David Digital Drawn over Portrait Charcoal Oil Pastel House Paint Election Day 2010 Charcoal Oil Pastel

Portrait of Steve Compressed Charcoal Purgatory Compressed Charcoal Pencil Oil Stick

Portrait of Steve Compressed Charcoal Purgatory Compressed Charcoal Pencil Oil Stick

Singularity Terracotta Sculpture with Metal Gold Glazes 50 cm x 37 cm x 51 cm 1993 Singularity Compressed Charcoal Acrylic House Paint

Singularity Terracotta Sculpture with Metal Gold Glazes 50 cm x 37 cm x 51 cm 1993 Singularity Compressed Charcoal Acrylic House Paint

Self Portait Burnt Out in Red T Shirt Pencil Oil Stick Compressed Charcoal House Paint Braques Institution Oil Stick Acrylic

Self Portait Burnt Out in Red T Shirt Pencil Oil Stick Compressed Charcoal House Paint Braques Institution Oil Stick Acrylic

A Brief View in No Particular Order Compressed Charcoal Pencil Oil Pastel Early Days Compressed Charcoal Pencil

A Brief View in No Particular Order Compressed Charcoal Pencil Oil Pastel Early Days Compressed Charcoal Pencil

Bodhisattva Wheels Detail Ink Wash Pencil Compressed Charcoal Twenty Years Ink Wash Pencil Compressed Charcoal

Bodhisattva Wheels Detail Ink Wash Pencil Compressed Charcoal Twenty Years Ink Wash Pencil Compressed Charcoal

Above Spoon Fed Digital Print Below Spoon Fed Montage initial sketch Multimedia Montage Right Spoon Fed Montage Multimedia Montage

Above Spoon Fed Digital Print Below Spoon Fed Montage initial sketch Multimedia Montage Right Spoon Fed Montage Multimedia Montage

Blockage II Brother in Crisis Oil Stick Untitled Lithoprint 1993 Blockage I Oil Pastel Pencil Ink Wash Princess Bridge Sketch Ink Wash

Blockage II Brother in Crisis Oil Stick Untitled Lithoprint 1993 Blockage I Oil Pastel Pencil Ink Wash Princess Bridge Sketch Ink Wash

Selections from Newspaper Man Series Ink Pencil 1993

Selections from Newspaper Man Series Ink Pencil 1993

Macrocarpa I Conte Compressed Charcoal Stop Pencil

Macrocarpa I Conte Compressed Charcoal Stop Pencil

Idea for Studio Sketch Ink Pencil Wash Mixed Media Untitled Photograph Sweet Peace Digital Print Compressed Charcoal Pencil Oil Stick Oil Pastel

Idea for Studio Sketch Ink Pencil Wash Mixed Media Untitled Photograph Sweet Peace Digital Print Compressed Charcoal Pencil Oil Stick Oil Pastel

Apart with Faith Charcoal Compressed Charcoal Pencil Together Company Compressed Charcoal

Apart with Faith Charcoal Compressed Charcoal Pencil Together Company Compressed Charcoal

Street Scene Ink Acrylic Print Edition 20 1993 Stairs to Flinders Street Ink Pencil 1993

Street Scene Ink Acrylic Print Edition 20 1993 Stairs to Flinders Street Ink Pencil 1993

Where Federation Square Now Is Oil Pastel 1993 Rapid Sketch of Flinders Street and Young and Jacksons Oil Pastel 1993

Where Federation Square Now Is Oil Pastel 1993 Rapid Sketch of Flinders Street and Young and Jacksons Oil Pastel 1993

Base digital drawing for cover image Sweet Peace Digital Print Sea Creature microscopic overlayed with Golden Proportions Photocopy of Bitumen Drawing Digitally Enhanced Ross Leonard Compressed Charcoal Wash Stubborn Compressed Charcoal Wash

Base digital drawing for cover image Sweet Peace Digital Print Sea Creature microscopic overlayed with Golden Proportions Photocopy of Bitumen Drawing Digitally Enhanced Ross Leonard Compressed Charcoal Wash Stubborn Compressed Charcoal Wash

Mirrored Anxiety Compressed Charcoal Oil Stick Oil Pastel Silver Paper The Curse of Facebook Black Ink Stamp Compressed Charcoal St Paul s Cathedral Ink Wash

Mirrored Anxiety Compressed Charcoal Oil Stick Oil Pastel Silver Paper The Curse of Facebook Black Ink Stamp Compressed Charcoal St Paul s Cathedral Ink Wash

Seated Man Compressed Charcoal Wash QWERTY Oil Pastel Acrylic Hands with Glove Ink Acrylic Yellow Plastic

Seated Man Compressed Charcoal Wash QWERTY Oil Pastel Acrylic Hands with Glove Ink Acrylic Yellow Plastic

Wrestle Study I Ink Wrestle Study II Ink The State of Things Digitized Drawing with Texta and Acrylics on silver paper Wrestle Oil Stick

Wrestle Study I Ink Wrestle Study II Ink The State of Things Digitized Drawing with Texta and Acrylics on silver paper Wrestle Oil Stick

Shed Your Skin Digitized Drawing Re Birth Digitized Drawing Palm Tree Target Digital Drawing Shite Texta Oil Pastel

Shed Your Skin Digitized Drawing Re Birth Digitized Drawing Palm Tree Target Digital Drawing Shite Texta Oil Pastel

Complexity Mathematical Avant Garde Ink Pencil Palm Tree Postcard Ink Pencil 1993

Complexity Mathematical Avant Garde Ink Pencil Palm Tree Postcard Ink Pencil 1993

Untitled Digital Sketch Digitalized Drawing The Four Winds with The Comet Mandalla Digital Drawing

Untitled Digital Sketch Digitalized Drawing The Four Winds with The Comet Mandalla Digital Drawing

To see more of Richard McLeans art advocacy books and academic studies please go to www creativemusings com au This art catalogue is available to purchase from www amazon com as a hard copy book or Kindle To purchase please CLICK THIS LINK Richard Masters of Education interactive same sex embrace is available to view at www theuniversalembrace com World Turned Upside Down with Love Digital Print Thanks for your support Rich

To see more of Richard McLeans art advocacy books and academic studies please go to www creativemusings com au This art catalogue is available to purchase from www amazon com as a hard copy book or Kindle To purchase please CLICK THIS LINK Richard Masters of Education interactive same sex embrace is available to view at www theuniversalembrace com World Turned Upside Down with Love Digital Print Thanks for your support Rich