Tuesday, March 24, 2009



















Paul Cleveland was another Swinburne graduate who worked at WRC in the late sixties. He had a style which broke from the earlier Swinburne mould. Still decorative but with a spidery hand, he created intricate, detailed drawings. The cover at top left has secret, hidden tiny naked and embracing couples hidden among the foliage. This was an act of rebellion by Paul who been reprimanded by a customer for enlarging a picture of Edward Elgar to such a scale that the cover could only be deciphered if viewed from across a room. His intricate drawing for the 'Jacques Loussier Plays Bach' cover was meant to shock the customers, if only they knew where to look.
Associate Professor Paul Cleveland is Director of the Queensland College of Art today.

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