PETER WHITEHEAD
The First Leaves Fall
Mixed Media Diptych on canvas
182 cm x 91 cm
Falling golden autumn leaves echo the lives lost in war…each leaf a life, each fall a sacrifice, silent and yet part of the cycle of regrowth and optimism for peace and freedom.
The ANZAC Memorial Hyde Park Sydney stands as a guardian of sacrifice and courage, but as I pass by, sit, sketch and reflect in the quiet of autumn, it is the vibrant colour and gentle descent which commemorates the fragility of life. The memory of the courage and comradeship endures, carried by the breeze landing in the Pool of Reflection…and though the seasons change the legacy remains, never forgotten.
