The impetus for this exhibition came after the purchase of Geelong Capriccio (If Geelong were settled instead of Melbourne) 2010, a significant
acquisition for the Deakin University Art Collection. To contextualise this work the exhibition draws heavily on other recent works displayed in two solo exhibitions, Angahook – Otway 2007 and Capriccios 2009 held at Niagara Galleries, that together spanned ten years of artistic output. These
works are supplemented with sketches, drawings and visual diaries, many of which have never been exhibited, showing the embryonic beginnings of
monumental opus paintings. [Griss, V, 2011, Geelong re-imagined and Observed works from the West Coast by Jan Senbergs, Introduction, p.4]
