Mirka Mora 'Lovers The Merboy and Mermaid, half boy, half fish' iconic art member of the Boyd family

member of the Boyd family dynasty

He imagines his '3 Minotaurs' as Rousseau

Geelong Contemporary

'Big Bird' 1965

Mirka Mora 'Lovers The Merboy and Mermaid, half boy, half fish' iconic art member of the Boyd familyAt the centre of Australias cultural life, Mirka Mora was a creative through and through. Charismatic, intuitive and infinitely imaginative, she embodied her art, leaving an inimitable legacy in her wake. In this 1972 pastel on paper, two cherubic characters entwine into one tail. They are peas in a pod or rather angels in a mermaid fantastical and disarming, inspired by Easter European fairy tales and ancient mythology. Inscribed with a heartfelt