Charles Blackman 'Schoolgirls, from Girls and Flowers portfolio' first nations artist ‘Life Class’ is a twist

‘Life Class’ is a twist on life drawing – an artistic convention born of sketching a life model in a studio

editioned lower left and embossed with publishers seal lower right

she fills the frame

For lovers and collectors of Blackman and works on paper

Charles Blackman 'Schoolgirls, from Girls and Flowers portfolio' first nations artist ‘Life Class’ is a twistFrom the revered Girls and Flowers Portfolio, this work is quintessential Charles Blackman. It is evocative and mysterious a vestige of feeling over exactness. Reminiscent of his Schoolgirls series, Girl with Plaits sees a girl lying prone. She faces away from us, her hair parted to reveal the nape of her neck. The setting is ambiguous an expansive cream landscape cut against by black sky. Perhaps shes on the moon. Fluent in the language of emotion,