A. Lodge - 'Fishing' - Original Painting on Canvas - 1990

Overview
Original painting on canvas titled 'Fishing' by A. Lodge, dated 1990. The work depicts a large, colourful tropical fish rendered in vibrant blues, purples, greens, pinks and yellows against a deep blue-purple background. The fish features detailed painted scales in alternating bands of colour with green-yellow fins and a blue tail. A hand-painted decorative geometric border in blues, pinks, greens and yellows surrounds the central image, integrated directly onto the canvas.

Details
* Artist: A. Lodge
* Title: 'Fishing'
* Date: 1990
* Medium: Painting on canvas
* Subject: Tropical fish
* Signed front lower left: 'Lodge 90'
* Inscribed verso in red: 'Fishing' A Lodge 1990 with copyright symbol
* Format: Landscape orientation, stretched on wooden stretcher bars

Condition Notes
The paint surface appears in sound condition with no visible cracking, flaking or losses. The decorative border shows minor paint texture variation at the edges. The canvas verso shows light age-related marks and minor soiling. A cardboard corner brace is attached at one corner of the stretcher. The canvas edges show minor paint overspill consistent with the painting process.

Location of item: 69 Manchester Road, Carrara, QLD, Australia

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