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Record of a moment

Record of a moment
Andrew Macklin, Midnight (2024), acrylic and canvas collage on plywood. Artwork photography by Michelle Eabry
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Former architect and lifelong artist Andrew Macklin has returned to his first love: the 'ageless' practice of making abstract art.

Words Louise Southerden

‘I WAS never a pure artist,” says Andrew Macklin, sitting in his light-filled living room, where sliding glass doors open onto a gully of green at the edge of the northern New South Wales town of Mullumbimby. To understand this modest statement, you need to understand the path Macklin has travelled towards making art his full-time passion now, at the age of 67.

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