ARCH1201 - Project 3: Art Gallery, Shop, House - Artist and Narrative

John Coburn, 1925-2006, Queensland born artist.

Coburn was predominantly an abstract artist. It is perhaps his greatest achievement to have reached large audiences with a form of abstract painting based on simple clear shapes and radiant colour. Most of Coburn's pictures have a joyous quality, and that may be why they exert such broad appeal.

At heart, Coburn was a classically minded artist, who described his style as "precise, clear and deliberate".