This is the invitation to the current show ‘On The Beach’ at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum in Sydney New South Wales. It’s a detail from a painting by Fred Leist (1878-1945) called The bathing pool – Cremorne. The light and deep shadow is so evocative of Australian summer to me and those clever elegant women in their elegant swimsuits and beach robes look so at ease – maybe it was a no man zone…
