The Avalon Palm Beach Chamber are saddened by the death of master printmaker, artist and local Palmy resident Bruce Goold who passed away on Monday the 16th of June. We are indebted to Bruce for the simple yet strong design of the Avalon Palm Beach Chamber brand.
He was a great character, brilliant observer and was a strong artistic influence for many including Reg Mombassa and Mambo. Active during the period of the Yellow House at Macleay Street in Potts Point, Bruce developed his observations into artworks.
According to Australian Galleries’ Stuart Purves: a visit Bruce’s studio at Palm Beach was to experience cultural chaos – beautiful tools of the trade of a printmaker all at hand, objects and specimens collected over decades and an air of things that mattered, resulting in a significant body of printmaking, painting, collage, assemblages, and textile design.
Our thoughts are with his family and
