50 Year Retrospective Just Scratching The Surface

Art, Design & Photography

50 Year Retrospective: Just Scratching the Surface celebrates the career of West Australian artist Leon Periles in a generously illustrated 369-page paperback. Hundreds of paintings, etchings and sketches trace his trademark Outback-coloured humour from the 1970s to today, making the volume a lively survey for collectors of Australian art and culture.

Published in 2018, this picture-heavy chronicle doubles as a coffee-table showpiece and a reference for students of regional art movements. Clean, unmarked pages reproduce Periles’ bold linework and desert palette with impressive clarity, while the tight binding ensures the book lies flat for easy viewing.

The copy shows only gentle shelf wear: light scuffing to the cover, faint marks on the page block and a single dog-eared page. Otherwise it remains crisp, unwritten-in and smoke-free—ready for gifting or display. Fans of illustrated retrospectives and Antiquarian & Collectible art books will appreciate this well-preserved edition.