Stan Hopewell: Facing The Stars

Language: English

Published by UWA Publishing, Western Australia, 2013

1742585132 / 9781742585130

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AUSTRALIAN ART West Australiana Biography -Stan Hopewell is the powerful and life-affirming story of a man compelled to paint not by his passion for art, but by an inherent creative spirit. When war veteran Stan Hopewell’s beloved wife Joyce became seriously ill, he turned to art. Though he had never painted in his life, art became his means of expressing his love for Joyce, conveying his belief in the power of God, dealing with hardship, and celebrating the life that he and Joyce had shared. The urge toward creative expression was so surprising and the results so remarkable that he assumed his ‘talent’ came from God. This spiritual relationship guided him through the hardships and challenges of life, and led to using his extraordinary capacity to give potent visual form to all manner of events and emotions. His life story acts as a parallel text to the works, illustrating and informing each complex painting. Ted Snell moves from the story of one man to the creative journeys of self-taught artists and their ineffable drive to create. Stan Hopewell: Facing the Stars documents that brief moment of creative focus and energy that turns ordinary people into artists.Author: Winthrop Professor Ted Snell AM, Cit WA is Director of the Cultural Precinct at the University of Western Australia and Director of UWA Museums. Over the past two decades he has contributed to the national arts agenda through his role as Chair of the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Chair of the Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, Chair of Artbank, Chair of the Asialink Visual Arts Advisory Committee and as a Board member of the National Association for the Visual Arts. He has been a commentator on the arts for ABC radio and television and is currently Perth art reviewer for The Australian and a regular contributor to local and national journals. He has published several books, including monographs on Pippin Drysdale, Howard Taylor and Salvatore Zofrea, and has curated numerous exhibitions, most of which document the visual culture of Western Australia. 189 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 25 cm Signed by Author. First Edition. Hopewell, Stan Artists -- Biography Australian Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

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Title
Stan Hopewell: Facing The Stars
Author
Ted Snell ; photography by Frances Andrijich with panoramas by Henrik Tived
Publisher
UWA Publishing, Western Australia
Publication year
2013
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Soft cover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1742585132
ISBN 13
9781742585130
Seller catalogs
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Elizabeth's Bookshops were established in 1973 and are one of Australia's largest secondhand bookdealers with 2 branches in Western Australia (Fremantle) and 1 branch in Sydney (Newtown) We are General Secondhand & Discount Booksellers. We stock over 250,000 books. Our website base is at 23 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle, WA 6160 Australia.

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