`So, do you think I did it?', 2004 / mixed media print by Peter Kingston

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fonds

2004

Graphic Materials, Prints, Drawings

867205

1 print - etching and watercolour on paper on card - 41.2 x 30.1 cm

In November 2008, Gordon Wood (b. 1962) was found guilty in the NSW Supreme Court of murdering his girlfriend, Caroline Byrne (1971-1995), by throwing her off The Gap at Watsons Bay on 7 June 1995.
In December he was sentenced to 17 years in jail. Justice Barr backdated Wood's sentence to include time spent in custody in the England, where he was arrested in 2006, and since he was taken into custody after the guilty verdict. His non-parole period was set at 13 years. Gordon Wood was acquitted of the conviction in February 2012.

The Crown prosecutor was Mark Tedeschi QC; Wood's barrister was Winston Terracini SC.
Kingston was motivated to create this piece by the experiences of his friend and fellow artist, John Doherty, who witnessed Byrne and a man during the evening of 7 June 1995.
Gordon Wood once asked journalist Paul Barry, after a televison interview, `So, do you think I did it?'
The work was displayed in the Australian Galleries, Paddington, in June 2004.

References:
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2004 and 4 December 2008

Depicts Gordon Wood at The Gap, Watsons Bay, with the body of Caroline Byrne at the base. Kingston was motivated to create this piece by the experiences of his friend and fellow artist, John Doherty, who witnessed Byrne and a man during the evening of 7 June 1995.
Gordon Wood once asked journalist Paul Barry, after a televison interview, `So, do you think I did it?'
Includes newscutting, Sydney Morning Herald, 17 June 2004.

Copyright status:: In copyright - Life of artist plus 70 years
Copyright holder:: Peter Kingston
Approval for reproduction required:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Peter Kingston

Sydney Morning Herald, December 2004

Signed and dated in pencil, lower right, `Peter Kingston 04'