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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Gary & Genevieve Morgan Collection | Part One
• Sale Date:
  07 Dec 2021 ~ 6.30pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  208
• Lot Description:
  Clifton Ernest Pugh
  (1924–1990)
  Dailan and his birds, (1957)
  oil on board
  88 x 65cm
  signed lower left “Clifton, May ‘57”,and titled at base “DAILAN & HIS BIRDS, 1957”
• Provenance:
  Christie’s, Australian Paintings, Melbourne, 12/04/1987, Lot No. 415.
• Notes:
  Born in 1955, Dailan Pugh was raised in an artistic household in bushland near Melbourne. Playing in the bush and raising orphaned native animals developed a deep love and appreciation of the Australian environment. This was broadened by extensive travels around Australia and beach holidays. In the late 1970s Dailan moved to northern NSW to live near rainforest. He did pen and ink rainforest drawings and became involved in rainforest conservation, being arrested for hindering passage of a bulldozer at Terania Creek at Australia’s first forest blockade in 1979. He bought and ran the Cawongla General Store for 2 years, also co-founding Fundamental Foods in Lismore. By the early 1980s his rainforest drawings were being used for posters, pamphlets, T-shirts and books in campaigns within Australia and, through the Rainforest Information Centre, around the world. He co-authored and illustrated the book ‘A Guide to Rainforests of Far North East NSW’, and contributed drawings to ‘A Year of Orchids’. Dailan was awarded the Peter Rawlinson Conservation Award by the Australian Conservation Foundation in 2001, for outstanding contributions to environmental conservation. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2003 for services to forest conservation. At around this time he began refocusing on his artwork, starting with pastel life drawings, then pastel and gouache landscapes during extensive travels around Australia. “When I moved to live amongst massive ancient eucalypts (adjacent to rainforest) I began to paint them with gouache while learning about their importance as essential homes for a plethora of animals, then I reacted to their plight and was diverted down the path of protecting old growth forests for over a decade. I relied upon research and activism to promote their conservation, leaving little time for my artwork. Recently my efforts to conserve and understand marine environments led me to return to artwork to promote their conservation. At the same time I used the marine environment to develop my oil painting style. Most recently I started painting River Red Gums, both because of their need for protection and as a means of further developing my style and transitioning to the terrestrial realm.” [from dailanpugh.com].
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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