Says Milson : ‘"I’ve known Charlie indirectly and directly since birth. I was born in Albury around the corner from the Waterstreet
Hotel, owned and managed by his parents. On Friday afternoons, my father
used to sell them freshly caught Murray cod to earn extra money for
materials he needed to complete a boat he was building at home, which
later sank to the bottom of the Murray River during its maiden voyage
one freezing afternoon."Perhaps the claw like hands (left) are a reference to Waterstreet's 1987 production of Howling 111.
And the famous Packer's Prize : chosen by the workers at the NSW Gallery-has been picked up by Bruno Jean Grasswill ( husband of ABC "Australian Story" producer Helen Grasswill ) with his portrait of actor Michael Caton. (pictured left inset)
Below are just a selection of this year's Archibald entries. The full exhibition can be viewed from Monday at the Art Gallery of NSW.
below : At the gallery today for the announcement : Sarah Najjar, Charles Waterstreet, Nigel Milsom & partner.
Photo by Chryssanthe Hronopoulos
