Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism She superseded the Victorian tradition

She superseded the Victorian tradition of the genteel lady amatuer and was instead

Auguste Blackman captures a resting bird

She is unaware we are watching – lost to the night and music

His naïve style populates picture planes with stylised animals

Part of the Jungle Chronicles

Brett Whiteley 'Hullo (Cockatoo)' expressionism She superseded the Victorian traditionBirds recur throughout Brett Whiteleys work. 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. Hullo (Cockatoo) is a portrait of Australias most talkative bird, the cockatoo. It knocks at the cage, addressing the viewer with a hullo. From one perspective, it is a