So much for Renaissance art. Here is a painting by John Olsen entitled "Wildflowers passing lake 1982"

The painting is located at Heide Museum of Modern Art. John and Sunday Reed who owned Heide were enthusiastic supporters of the arts and cultivated a thriving community of artists living and working at and around Heide. They also loved wildflowers and, in recognition of this and their support, John Olsen donated this painting to their collection. Heide and its extensive art collection was bequeathed to the people of Victoria and is now a premier museum of modern art.

John Olsens view of landscapes, which is displayed in this painting, was a significant departure from the traditional approach of foreground, middleground and background. These landscapes are an amalgam of a view from above with the detail found when viewed from a ground level perspective. This approach drew on a traditional aboriginal approach to depicting scenes as well as from his classical training in European painting techniques.