On the 31st of October, 2011, Clifton Mack won the 2011 Royal Bank of Scotland Emerging Artist Award for his acrylic on canvas Jarman Island Sunset III. Mack received a $10,000 cash prize, a round-the-world airline ticket and also a place in an international development program.
Macks work uses a Pilbara sytle
to render a coastal environment in warm, natural colours. It's one of a
number of recent works that depict the Jarman Island Lighthouse. Mack’s choice of subject matter reflects both his ties to the local
community and the area’s colonial history – the lighthouse is a symbol
of navigation and trade, but also of strategic mapping and ownership.
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| Clifton Mack, Jarman Island Sunset III, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 76 x 122 cm. |
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