A detail from The Rainforest (1990) by William Robinson. Oil on canvas, 183cm x 488 cm. Gift this article. less than 2 min read. 12:00AM November 24, 2018. Updated 10:14AM November 24, 2018.

Creation stories: William Robinson’s works of wonder and mystery. ... The Rainforest (1990). This much-lauded, simply titled painting was awarded the Wynne Prize in 1990.

William Robinson with ‘The rainforest’, 1990, at the William Robinson Gallery in Brisbane in 2016. In September, the gallery will unveil its latest exhibition of his work, Nocturne, focusing ...

With his rainforest paintings Robinson wants us to feel enclosed and disorientated by the trees that loom on all sides, but the Earth and sea works adopt a God's-eye perspective.

William Robinson is collected and loved for his panoramic landscape paintings, for his quirky self-portraits, and for his intimate interiors and still lifes. His new exhibition, at the William ...

Initially, many in the art world didn’t quite get the wit and wonder of Queenslander William Robinson’s work. Today, the 80-year-old’s paintings routinely fetch six-figure sums.

For 12 months after his wife, Shirley, died in 2022, William Robinson felt as if “I was somewhere else’’. The eminent Brisbane painter was so unmoored, so overcome with grief, “I wouldn ...