Brett Whiteley 'Nectar (addiction), Portrait of Paul Verlaine' contemporary The work shimmers like oil

The work shimmers like oil on water

Drawn in 1976

and the Queensland University of Technology Art Museum

accession number: P114-1974

Kevin Connor is an Australian artist known for his observation of the human condition

Brett Whiteley 'Nectar (addiction), Portrait of Paul Verlaine' contemporary The work shimmers like oilBirds recur throughout Brett Whiteleys work, functioning as both motif and metaphor. As a child, he would steal eggs from nests and as an adult, paint them in his work. Forever moving around, he often thought of the flight paths of birds, his representations of them tinged with yearning for freedom and domestic stability. In 'Nectar', the artist creates an intimate and restrained etching of a bird drinking from a small flower. With simple mark making,