The unreturning
Acrylic On Canvas
WallArt
Contemporary Realism
400.0 x 90.0 cm
Shrine of Remembrance
Craig R. Barrett (1939 –)
Craig R. Barrett (b. 1939) – Former Intel CEO & artist creating evocative monochrome sketches inspired by WWI poetry. Explore themes of war, resilience & courage.
Shrine of Remembrance (Melbourne, Australia)
Explore Melbourne's Shrine of Remembrance – honoring Australian veterans and commemorating ANZAC Day & Remembrance Day with poignant exhibitions, tours, and ceremonies at ANZAC Square.
The unreturningSuddenly night crushed out the day and hurledHer remnants over cloud-peaks, thunder-walled.Then fell a stillness such as harks appalledWhen far-gone dead return upon the world.There watched I for the Dead; but no ghost woke.Each one whom Life exiled I named and called.But they were all too far, or dumbed, or thralled,And never one fared back to me or spoke.Then peered the indefinite unshapen dawnWith vacant gloaming, sad as half-lit minds,The weak-limned hour when sick men
About this artwork
- Title: The unreturning
- Artist: Craig R. Barrett
- Original dimensions: 400.0 x 90.0 cm
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Shrine of Remembrance
- Movement: Contemporary Realism
- Medium: Acrylic On Canvas
- Corpus context: resilience values , wwi poetry inspiration
- Main color: White
Quick Facts
- Artist: Craig R. Barrett
- Subject or theme: Memory, Loss
- Artistic style: Monochrome sketch
- Dimensions: 400 x 90 cm
- Movement: Abstract Expressionism
- Medium: Painting
- Title: The unreturning