Brett Whiteley's Art Studio @ Platypus Sub Base .

Brett Whiteley one of Australia's most influential modern artists used the Retort House during 1971-74 to paint his iconic multi panelled masterpiece " ALCHEMY".

English rock band , Dire Straits used the image of ALCHEMY for their album cover also called ALCHEMY released in 1984.

The album cover artwork was adapted from a section of a painting ..] Alchemy is a hypothetical process once believed to turn ordinary elements into gold. The image of a guitar with lips held by a hand was added for the album design . The original painting, done between 1972 and 1973, was composed of many different elements and on 18 wood panels 203 cm x 1615 cm x 9 cm. In terms of media it used everything from feathers and part of a bird's nest to a glass eye, shell, plugs and brain in a work that becomes a transmutation of sexual organic landscapes and mindscapes

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