1920's flapper

Trying to find out a bit more information about this picture when I do I'll update this post.

Marble Bar, Western Australia

Marble Bar is a town in the Pilbara region in far North Western Australia. About two hundred kilometers inland from Port Hedland. It is also one of the hottest places on earth!

Marble Bar is a very historic town, with many old building and remnants from the past, dating back to the 1800's. It is also a place of immense natural beauty, unspoilt gorges and oasis like waterholes, only accessable by four wheel drive, Although it once boasted a population of five thousand people, during the Gold Rush era today it boast fewer than 500 residents.

Another point of interest I've been there and had a beer at the famous Iron Clad Pub! This place boast some very interesting characters. Go there and check it out for yourself . Australia's hottest town is cool! The black and white photo below is of Marble Bar in the late 1800's

Aubrey Beardsly 1872-1898

Aubrey Beardsly was an English writer and illustrator. He illustrated the play Salome, written by Oscar Wilde. His work has an erotic element which made it scandalous at the time. Beardsly's life was tragically cut short, when he died at 25 from tuberculosis.

Bay of Fires

The Bay of Fires is located close to St Helen's on the North East coast of Tasmania. It was named by Captain Tobias Furneaux in 1773 because he noticed numerous fires along the coast, They where the fires of the local Indigenous population. Furneaux, was a British navigator and navy officer who accompanied Cook on his second exploration of the area. He was the first man to circumnavigate the world in both directions. He drew the earliest European maps of Tasmania, during 1773-1774, Many of the names of places on that map survive to the current day. The Bay of Fires being one of them ! Recently The Bay of Fires was voted the second most beautiful beach in the world in The Lonely Planet Guide. It has been one of Austalia's best kept secrets, where tourists have enjoyed almost deserted beaches, of pure white sand and transluscent aquamarine water, set against a backdrop of orange hued granite boulders

Nighthawks: Edward Hopper

Nighthawks,1942: Edward Hopper, currently exhibited at The Art Institute of Chicago

The Bar, 1954, John Bracks, privately owned, Australia. It last sold at auction for 3.2 million !

Nighthawks is one of the most iconic paintings of the modern era. It is based on a diner in Greenwich Village, where Edward Hopper lived at the time. Hopper was fascinated with urban scenes. The sharp lines and empty city streets, convey a sense of isolation that can sometimes be felt in big cities. There is also a sense of menace of danger lurking in the shadows. The other painting The Bar was painted in Melbourne by local artist; John Bracks twelve years after Nighthawks. The contrast, in detail, between the woman in the foreground and the faceless men in the background suggest that they are disconnected. The figures all have sharp angular features making them appear hard and calculating. Both artists depicted the turmoil which characterized society in the aftermath of The Second World War.

Woman seated in chair at Cooktown, Queensland, Australia, 1885
Thats pretty hardcore, wearing that in the Tropics. What where they thinking?

Cy Twombly

Cy Twombly was voted onto the international best dressed list in Vanity Fair Magazine, August,2009

'Three Studies from The Tremeraire' 1999, can be viewed at the art gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Cy Twombly is an American artist born in 1928, His works are abstract and impressionistic, with an emphases on line and composition. His paintings are enormous, The above paintings where purchased by the Art Gallery of N.S.W in November 2004, for a multi million dollar price tag