Guy Grey-Smith - Life Force by Andrew Gaynor (m/uni014)

by Andrew Gaynor

Guy Grey-Smith (1916–1981) remains one of the most important Australian artists of his generation. Featuring over 120 plates, as well as 50 photos of the artist’s life, Guy Grey-Smith: Life Force is the first book about this outstanding Australian artist and his remarkable 35-year career.

Based in Western Australia, Guy exhibited nationally, participated in key international exhibitions, received Queens Honours Awards, and was a spirited contributor and active participant in the national arts scene.

Granted access for the first time to Guy’s notebooks, war-time sketches, correspondence and estate, Andrew Gaynor draws a fascinating portrait of a country boy whose life was first liberated, then stalled, by the brutality of war.

Teaching himself to draw while interned in prisoner of war camps, Guy went on to create some of the most enduring and powerful images of the Australian landscape, redolent with colour, texture and an unmistakable life force.