The joy of harnessing all my visual references from Wilde's book – combined with the process of adapting and designing The Happy Prince for The Australian Ballet - has allowed me to retell the story in a purely visual form as a gallery experience
Kim Carpenter AM
Artist & Theatre Creator
AN EXHIBITION OF 26 FRAMED ARTWORKS
ON WATERCOLOUR PAPER
Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s immortal tale of
The Prince and The Little Swallow
A story of love and sacrifice, tenderness and joy
There is a wonderful kind of youthful, fresh spontaneity about Kim's art. It is fresh and fruity – and honest
Edmund Capon OBE AC
(late Director of The Art Gallery of NSW)
The Australian Financial Review 2015
The joy of harnessing all my visual references from Wilde's book – combined with the process of adapting and designing The Happy Prince for The Australian Ballet - has allowed me to retell the story in a purely visual form as a gallery experience ...Kim Carpenter
THE HAPPY PRINCE
The following sequence of pictures is intended to be viewed in sequence from 1 to 26.
Each picture – with its title and caption – follows the narrative that reflects Oscar Wilde’s original story.
Within that, individual pictures, will have personal appeal and indeed you would want to revisit.
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