Charles Blackman 'Sun Dreamer' drawing which stood in the moat

which stood in the moat of the National Gallery of Victoria for almost two decades before being relocated to the bank of the Yarra River at Birrarung Marr

Painted onto plexiglass

Among the region's earliest artist-run-initiatives

Travelling across New South Wales

Charles Blackman 'Sun Dreamer' drawing which stood in the moatFrom the Blackman familys private collection, Sun Dreamer is an expression of homecoming. Created in 1972, shortly after the Blackmans returned from living in London, its a celebration of the Australian sun. Glowering English skies were replaced with sun and sand. Throughout this period, the Blackmans made numerous trips to Noosa and Bondi rewriting, as Charless son Auguste recalls, his fathers happiness. They danced to Here Comes the Sun and trundled