| Accession Number | ART96826.002 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Art |
| Measurement | Unframed: 78.0 x 53.2 x 2.7 cm |
| Object type | Painting |
| Physical description | acrylic on board with mixed media |
| Maker |
Jones, Geoffrey |
| Place made | Australia: New South Wales, Sydney |
| Date made | 2009 |
| Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Tour II
Description
Right panel of this diptych is based on a postcard of Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, which the artist collected on his return trip to Vietnam as a tourist with his wife in 1997. This beautiful image features a large body of water surrounded by a mountainous karst landscape and a traditional Vietnamese wooden boat in the foreground. The collaged element in the bottom right corner features the artist sitting on the edge of a boat, water beneath him.
Geoffrey Jones (55178) joined the Army in 1966, at the age of 17, as a means of escaping the constraints of a small country town. He served for six years and complete two deployments tours of Vietnam (1968 and 1970). He was discharged in 1971.