Mitch Cairns, Coloured Glass (after Long Before the Long Before) VIII, 2024, oil on linen, framed, 38.00 x 33.00 x 5.50 cm, TCG23610
(photo: The Commercial) private collection, Sydney

Artist's note on painting:

The Coloured Glass works began with a faithful re-rendering of a cellophane window produced by my son, first presented at the 2022 Adelaide Biennial. These works have developed to include the 'long before' invocation as found in the written work of Gerald Murnane.