Michael Leunig 'Bird' neo-expressionism cast against a starry sky

cast against a starry sky that witnessed centuries of conflict

personal and environmental allusions

The work features one of the artists daughters and a family friend

'Monkeys' 1982

'The Itchy Owl' 1941

Michael Leunig 'Bird' neo-expressionism cast against a starry skyMichael Leunig is an Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet. His commentary on political, cultural and emotional life spans decades and has often explored the idea of an innocent and sacred personal world. The fragile ecosystem of human nature and its relationship to the wider natural world is a related and recurrent theme. His newspaper work appears regularly in the Melbourne Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. He describes his