Summer painting
1982Abstract, landscape oil painting on canvas.
This abstract landscape painting was purchased from 'Landscape Images' at the Fremantle Arts Centre, April 1982
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Mac Betts (1932-2010) was born in London and lived and worked in Nigeria, Morocco, Spain, Italy, and France before he migrated to Western Australia in 1970.
Mac Betts was a part of the small group of Perth Hills artists that, during the 70's and 80's, dominated the Western Australian art scene. Among them were George Haynes, Robert Juniper, Douglas Chambers, and Guy Grey-Smith. He was a lyrical abstractionist with an exceptional ability to capture the essence of light on the West Australian landscape. The vastness and light of the north-west was his continued influence, stating "My subject is landscape, not necessarily by choice but rather by what I instinctively respond to most strongly. That is landscape not seen as a record of a particular visual experience but a generalisation from many experiences - the distillation of an essential form."
He is recognised as "the artists' artist", and his work is owned by numerous collections globally. He continued to exhibit in solo exhibitions until 2006 when his health began to deteriorate and impact his painting ability. He had painted practically every day his entire life since leaving Kingston on Thames Fine Art school in 1957. Mac Betts passed away at the age of 78 in 2010.
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