Tasmania Conflict - A Farewell Ballet
Works imagined and expressed as a tragic fantasy ballet, based on the 'Black War' in early colonial Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 

Left Image: Governor Arthur's Proclamation 1829, 36 x 23cm. Right image, 'Proclamation' 1983, 183 x 122cm, Acrylic on Board © R Crichton

Battle Van Diemen's Land, Oil on Board 80x110cm 1980, © R Crichton

'The Hunt' Oil on Canvas, 1980, 90x122cm © R Crichton

'Captured' Oil on Board 1980. © R Crichton

'Black Line Advance' Oil on Canvas, 1980, © R Crichton

'Conducting the Proclamation' Acrylic on Canvas 1979, 122x92cm © R Crichton

'Curtain Call-Tasmanian Tableau 1830'. Acrylic on Canvas, 1979 © R Crichton

Conflict Van Diemen's Land, 1980 Oil on Board 87x46cm © R Crichton

Spirit Ballet 2, 1980 Oil on Board 64x80cm © R Crichton

Spirit Ballet 1, 1980 Oil on Board 64x80cm © R Crichton

'Fugue-Before Contact 1' Oil on Board 1980, 64x80cm © R Crichton

'Fugue-Before Contact 2' Oil on Board 1980, 64x80cm © R Crichton

'Soldier' Water colour on board 1976 © R Crichton

'Crescendo' Pastel on Paper 1981 © R Crichton

'Before Contact' Oil on Board 1980, © R Crichton

'Charge' Water colour on Board 1976 © R Crichton

'Confrontation' Water colour on Board 1976 © R Crichton

'Vestiges' Water colour on Board 1976 © R Crichton

'Prelude 1' Oil on Board 1980, 64x80cm © R Crichton

'Prelude 2' Oil on Board 1980, 64x80cm © R Crichton

'Prelude 3' Oil on Board 1980, 64x80cm © R Crichton

'Head of Thylacine' Pastel & Charcoal on Paper 1974 © R Crichton

'Truganini' 1976, Oil on Board © R Crichton

'Thylacine' Conte on Paper 1974 © R Crichton

'Stage with Stacked Chorus' 1978, Pastel on Paper © R Crichton

'Storyline', Oil on Board 1974 © R Crichton

'Study with Stacked Ferris Wheel' 1978, Pastel on Paper © R Crichton

©R Crichton

'Stacked Study' 1978, Pastel on Paper © R Crichton

Mixed media on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on Paper © R Crichton

Oil on Canvas 56x70cm © R Crichton

Mixed media on paper © R Crichton

Mixed media on paper © R Crichton

Mixed media on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Mixed media on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper © R Crichton

Mixed media on paper © R Crichton

'Skirmish 1' Collage & Acrylic 1974 © R Crichton

'Crux 1' Collage & Acrylic 1974 © R Crichton

'Skirmish 2' Collage & Acrylic 1974 © R Crichton

'Crux 2' Collage & Acrylic 1974 © R Crichton

'Encounter 1' Collage & Acrylic 1974 © R Crichton

'Encounter 2' Collage & Acrylic 1974 © R Crichton

1980 Ink on paper © R Crichton

1980 77x58, Water colour on paper © R Crichton

1980 Ink on paper © R Crichton

Pastel on paper 1980, © R Crichton

'Dancers' Acrylic on board © R Crichton

© R Crichton

'Assembly 1' Pastel on paper © R Crichton

'Casualties' Acrylic on board © R Crichton

'Assembly 2' Pastel on paper © R Crichton

'Troop' 1974 73 x 98cm © R Crichton

'Wardance' 1974 Oil on board 93x125cm © R Crichton

'Colonial Frontier' Acrylic on Board 1974 122 x 122cm © R Crichton

'Battle' 1974 Oil and mixed media on board 122x122cm © R Crichton

'Encore' 1980 Oil Pastel on board 55x79cm © R Crichton

'Farewell Truganini' 1977 Oil on board 92x124cm © R Crichton

'Dance' 1974 Collage & Acrylic on Board 70x61cm © R Crichton