Pilgrim's Progress

In 2004 Australian artist Peter Bonner embarked on a period of intense drawing. He drew inNew York, the American Southwest and the Australian desert and he drew constantly. Somethingaltered. A day in the life of the desert held lessons in how to see; memories from his early pastcame into the picture. In Bonner s words: It s hard to speak just the right amount of the truth ofwhat happened and just the right amount of the magnetic, so that people really want to hear aboutit and it s hard to find a way to do it quickly so the moment isn t lost In the Australian winter of 2018, an exhibition of Bonner s drawings took place at the School of Clay and Art (SoCA) in Melbourne. It provided the occasion for an extraordinary conversation about drawing among a group of Melbourne artists. With the feeling of shared, unfolding experience, A Pilgrim s Progress documents both exhibition and conversation.