Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Birth of an artist: Sydney, 1937-1959, and London, 1959-1961 -- 2. Sydney, 1961-1965 -- 3. The movers and shakers: Watkins, the Contemporary Art Society, and Central Street Gallery, 1966-1968 -- 4. 1968 and breaking away from the field -- 5. Pouring leads to Pollock, 1970-1971 -- 6. Pollock, 1971-1973 and forever -- 7. A year in France, then on to Hong Kong: Embracing traditional landscape and dipping into Picasso, 1975-1976 -- 8. Hong Kong, Italy, and 'Plan B': 1977-1978 -- 9. Hate-love for image, 1980-1983 -- 10. A line of great works beyond Picasso: 1984 onwards -- 11. Landscape as a cultural analogue? 1984, 1993-2006 -- 12. The media as subject and style: 1988-2009 -- 13. Texts by Dick Watkins -- 14. The pendulum, 1989-2000 -- 15. 'The result of intense mental collectedness and concentration': 2005-2020 -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Select bibliography -- Index of works -- Index. |