HMAS Brisbane departing HMAS Stirling, WA, 20/11/90, for the Gulf
HMAS Brisbane preparing to leave the shore base HMAS Stirling, Western Australia on route to the Middle East, during the First Gulf War. An unidentified naval tug is assisting, seen at the stern of the ship. Lynne Norton is the daughter of Second World War and Korea official artist, Frank Norton.
- About Lynne Norton
Lynne Norton was born in Fairlight, New South Wales. She is the daughter of Frank and Audrey Norton and when her father was appointed the director of the Western Australia Art Gallery in 1958 the family moved to Perth.
During the 1980s, she studied at the Claremont School of Art and Curtin University. She has won a number of art awards and prizes. Lynne has been a professional artist since 1988 and a part time tutor with Community Art Groups in painting and drawing from 1988 – 2014.
Lynne Norton’s interest in maritime subjects began in 1989. Her first paintings depict merchant and Navy ships at Fremantle. When the ships HMAS Sydney and Brisbane berthed at Stirling in Western Australia on their way to the Gulf in 1990, she obtained permission from the Royal Australian Navy to draw these ships.
Lynne was a member of The Wild Swans Art Group 2016 -20 from Western Australia. Lynne has exhibited throughout Australia as well as internationally in Europe and in east/south-east Asia.
Her work is found in many notable Art Collections: Australian War Memorial Canberra, Australian National Maritime Museum Sydney, University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology.
- About HMAS Brisbane (ll)
HMAS Brisbane was the third of three improved Charles F Adams Class guided missile destroyers (DDG) built in the United States for the RAN. Her sister ships were HMA Ships Perth and Hobart. The destroyers were referred to in the RAN as Perth class DDGs and their primary role was air defence.
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