The Sphinx and Mule Gully Painting by Roachie - The Gallipoli Artist
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No place on the peninsula has so thwarted artists over the years as Mule Gully. For over a hundred years and since the days of the campaign in 1915 artists have come here and walked away, wondering when the light would be ‘just right’. George Lambert, the flamboyant ‘official war artist’ wrote in letters home of him ‘Sitting on the precipice looking down into the valleys and waiting for the light’.
In the campaign, and on the day of the landing, men completely disorientated and told to CLIMB!, did so. Many of them almost reached the top before hurtling backwards under the weight of their packs……. Never to be seen again.
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Craig Roach or more commonly known as Roachie, has wandered the secluded and stunningly beautiful WW1 battlefield of Gallipoli for thirty years. In that time he has seen nature slowly taking back the scars and tragedies of war. Roachie, has always been an avid artist and has passionately devoted his life on creating an artistic legacy of this tragic but beautiful place.
The hills, gullies, old trenches and beaches are littered with the remains of WW1. A hundred years on and there is now an artistic marriage between man and nature.
If you'd like to visit this place then Roachie will take you off the beaten track, show you the best place to paint, draw, sit in solitude and maybe share a bottle of wine. You can check out my exploits if you search for The Gallipoli Artist, on the web or Facebook.
See you there,
Roachie - The Gallipoli Artist
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Nationality:
AUSTRALIA
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Australian Artists
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