Photo – Christopher Maait – Paul Delprat referring to the chapter ‘Generations of Artists’ “this Golden thread of overlapping lives of informed and dedicated artistic scholarship” … referring to his great grandfather, Julian Ashton – Grand old man of Australian Art
The metaphor of ‘delivery’ was coined by Zena Shapter, Wonder woman, who cast herself in the role of the assisting midwife between the draft and the compiling of the final book. The last 6 months before meeting Zena could be likened to ‘Eternal Groundhog Day in the Wilderness’ as I struggled with the E-book technology etc. Thanks to her expertise, we finally made it.
There were many people to thank for their contributions, both artistically, with stories and insights and with their support. And a special thanks now to John Young who is kindly helping with the next step of the journey ie getting the book out there.
It was a fun night at the Horizon Terrace at the RS Club, introduced by Carolyn Corrigan, Mosman’s deputy mayor and followed by an amusing recount of childhood memories at Balmoral by David Boddam-Whetham.
