b'212208CLIFTON ERNEST PUGH (19241990), Dailan and his birds, (1957),oil on board,signed lower left Clifton, May 57,and titled at base DAILAN & HIS BIRDS, 1957,88 x 65cmPROVENANCEChristies, Australian Paintings,Melbourne, 12/04/1987, Lot No. 415Born in 1955, Dailan Pugh was raised in an artisticconservation. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal household in bushland near Melbourne. Playing in the bushin 2003 for services to forest conservation. At around this and raising orphaned native animals developed a deeptime he began refocusing on his artwork, starting with love and appreciation of the Australian environment. Thispastel life drawings, then pastel and gouache landscapes was broadened by extensive travels around Australia andduring extensive travels around Australia.beach holidays. In the late 1970s Dailan moved to northernWhen I moved to live amongst massive ancient eucalypts NSW to live near rainforest. He did pen and ink rainforest(adjacent to rainforest) I began to paint them with gouache drawings and became involved in rainforest conservation,while learning about their importance as essential being arrested for hindering passage of a bulldozer athomes for a plethora of animals, then I reacted to their Terania Creek at Australias first forest blockade in 1979. Heplight and was diverted down the path of protecting old bought and ran the Cawongla General Store for 2 years, alsogrowth forests for over a decade. I relied upon research co-founding Fundamental Foods in Lismore. By the earlyand activism to promote their conservation, leaving little 1980s his rainforest drawings were being used for posters,time for my artwork. Recently my efforts to conserve pamphlets, T-shirts and books in campaigns within Australiaand understand marine environments led me to return to and, through the Rainforest Information Centre, around theartwork to promote their conservation. At the same time world. He co-authored and illustrated the book A GuideI used the marine environment to develop my oil painting to Rainforests of Far North East NSW, and contributedstyle. Most recently I started painting River Red Gums, drawings to A Year of Orchids. both because of their need for protection and as a means Dailan was awarded the Peter Rawlinson Conservationof further developing my style and transitioning to the Award by the Australian Conservation Foundation interrestrial realm. [from dailanpugh.com].2001, for outstanding contributions to environmental $20,00030,000'