The return / Patrick Shirvington

PXA 7706

fonds

2021

Graphic Materials, Drawings

9669569

2 drawings (1 box) - pen, ink, watercolour, on card - 31 x 44 x 4 cm, and smaller

Patrick Shirvington is an accomplished children’s book illustrator. He has a Master of Cross Disciplinary Art and Design UNSW MCDArtDes. He completed his Masters of Cross Disciplinary Art & Design at University of NSW in 2015. Patrick Shirvington has been a finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing in 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020 Kedumba Drawing Award in 2003, 2006 & 2009, Paddington Art Prize 2018. NSW Parliament Plein Air Prize KAAF 1017, 2019 and he was also a finalist in the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW in 1999 as well as numerous other art prizes. His work is in the collection of Edogowa Museum, Osaka, Japan, Kedumba Drawing Collection, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Macquarie University, Arthur Boyd Bundanon Collection, Adelaide Perry Gallery Collection, Australian Stock Exchange as well as various corporate and private collection. The return was a finalist in the Libris Awards 2022: Australian Artists’ Book Prize.
Reference:
https://www.patrickshirvington.com/bio (Accessed 11 December 2023)

The greater stick-nest rat (Leporillus conditor), also known as the housebuilding rat and wopilkara, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. They are about the size of a small rabbit and construct large nests of interwoven sticks. Once widespread across southern Australia, the population was reduced after European colonisation to a remnant outpost on South Australia's Franklin Islands.The species has since been reintroduced to a series of protected and monitored areas, with varying levels of success.
Reference:
Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5ebc59f2-02c2-41b2-918b-fcc7aa9ddaae (Accessed 11 December 2023)

Artists book, consisting of two sheets, about the Greater Stick-nest Rat (Leporillus conditor).

One sheet, in the form of a semi-rolled aged scroll, contains the heading 'Extinction', drawings of the rat, and handwritten text describing the habitat and behaviour of the Greater Stick-nest rat taken from Charles Sturt's expedition notes of 1884 [sic.].

The second sheet in the form of two book pages, attached to a backing board, contains the heading 'The Return', drawings of the rat, and a short poem.

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Patrick Shirvington
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Title from inscription on reverse of backing board.

Backing board signed by artist, 2022

Note that Charles Sturt's notes were actually published in 1848, not 1884 as noted on the item.
Source: Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5ebc59f2-02c2-41b2-918b-fcc7aa9ddaae (Accessed 11 December 2023)

Date from information supplied by artist.