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I knew much more about the artists of Sydney and what was happening … I thought Sydney would suit me much better [than Melbourne]. There was much more life in Sydney.

From an interview with Nora Heysen,
25 August 1994
Oral History Collection

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Spring Light c.1938
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Spring Light c.1938
oil on canvas; 51 x 41 cm
signed lower left and lower right
Private collection

I don’t feel things decoratively; I don’t feel that they’re flat. I feel that there’s light and air surrounding everything and that is how I like to portray it.

From an interview with Nora Heysen,
8 November 1965
Oral History Collection