Behind every artwork is a story. Why were the subject chosen and who created it? Two artists who have spent a great deal of time pondering what to paint and why are Stephen and Meredith Brice Copland; artists, academics and spouses.
Blue Mountains Life magazine caught up with the Bathurst region artists as they prepare to unravel the area’s bushranger past.
BML Stephen, your upbringing was about as far from a country childhood as possible?
I was born in Sydney and attended Ashfield Boys High School. My stories and experiences of growing up in a family of mixed heritage reflected living in