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A Rockhampton Art Gallery exhibition.
Ken Done is an icon of Australian visual culture, recognised globally for his scenes of Sydney Harbour that are painted in a riot of colour. His work has appeared on everything from doona covers to t-shirts, and featured in the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Less known, but equally celebratory, is Done?s ongoing series of reef paintings and drawings.
Done has always had a fascination with the world beneath the waves. As a boy he went spearfishing at Balmoral, and as an adult has snorkelled and dived at some of the world?s most renowned tropical paradises: Fiji, Tahiti, Palau, and of course, the Great Barrier Reef.
Sketching those experiences, Done often then works his colourful marks into larger paintings, showing the unique forms and luminous colours of coral and fish. Done may not always be depicting one particular dive, or snorkelling site, but rather he portrays the essence of that experience ? one of discovery and wonder....
