The paint effect was camouflage using mimicry and disruptive patterns to confuse enemy pilots. It's one image in an exhibition of around 45 paintings and posters, plus some letters and documents recording life in wartime London.
Thematically, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ is about a group of Australian prisoners of war constructing the Burma railway in the mid-1940s, focusing on the lasting trauma of conflict and imprisonment.
Gerard's letters reveal the struggles and resilience of a young couple separated by war, highlighting Alice's resourcefulness and unyielding spirit during difficult times.
"During the most difficult times during the war, she was out supplying our fire engine so it could respond to London throughout the war, to make sure that we were able to keep those people safe and respond as much as we can."
