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On Friday we set out from Oak Flats station to travel to Faulconbridge in the Blue Mountains to the renowned Norman Lindsay Gallery.
The Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum is a heritage-listed former residence and farmlet and now art gallery, tourist attraction and museum .
Norman Lindsay and his second wife, Rose purchased the property in 1913 and the property was bequeathed to the Nation Trust by Lindsay on his death in 1969. The buildings now house a collectiuon of his paintings, etchings drawings, novels, sculptures, ship models and memorabilia.
After the bus ride from Oak Flats we arrived at the Gallery on a typical misty mountain morning.
It was good to stretch our legs and walk up the drive to the lovely old building to collect our tickets.
Then off to the back verandah for morning tea...
Lots of goodies to choose from - thanks ladies!
This is the old kitchen - you can see the table was probably scrubbed every morning.
Who remembers the Magic Pudding? These illustrations along with the sketches of cats were my favourites.
After going through the gallery with its many paintings of naked ladies we moved on to see the Studio ... a small cosy room with an open fire and lined with books.
Norman Linsay surrounded himself with sculptures infuenced by European mythology.
He particularly defended his right to paint nudes and was often a contoversial figure in his time.
One of the fountains by the house.
Time to head back to the bus to continue on our way to Leura for lunch.
Thanks Brian ... and thanks to Di Phillips for organising a lovely day out.
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