Paul Compton 'Protector ' - Collected by Bruce heide circle Across Arkley’s expansive practice

Across Arkley’s expansive practice

His work is held in most major Australian institutional collections

which is breathtaking in itself

Represented at the National Gallery of Australia and Ian Potter Museum of Art

Signed: Signed and numbered in margin in pencil below image: P/P 2/2 A LEACH JONES

Paul Compton 'Protector ' - Collected by Bruce heide circle Across Arkley’s expansive practicePaul Compton is an illustrator, artist and print maker based in Melbourne. Featuring creatures real and imagined, Comptons work is often fantastical in nature, and through his work he blends aspects of realistic figuration with a sense of the absurd. Comptons creations are a testament to the artists ever present imagination. In his 2025 linocut Protector, Compton presents a loyal yet beastly twelve headed companion, printed with exceptional delicacy