1. Art Theories and Influence on Artists
Storrier believes that the totemic image of Australia is the horizon. ... Both these artists use the horizon as a key feature of their paintings. Storrier incorporates the horizon in almost every painting and the main idea of his paintings are the horizon, not the actual objects he portrays in them. Storrier's theory on the horizon being the totemic image of Australia stems from his love of the horizon, even as a child "I was always gazing at what lay beyond the horizon... ... I revert back to what is acceptable, to beauty and human grace, because that is what lasts." ...
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