Written and narrated by JOHN READ According to ancient Aboriginal legend Australia was ' the land of our dreaming'. Boyd was born in Melbourne in 1920. Since then half his life has been spent in Australia and half in England. He has one studio in Suffolk and another in New South Wales. His forceful paintings are inspired by both nature and mythology and-comment on conditions of human isolation that are universal.
' You do get the feeling that when they talk about going to the bush that there's something that's not quite nice about it - you can go for picnics and things hut it's always a bit dicey.'
Photographed by TED RAYMENT , EUGENE CARR Edited by PAUL HUMFRESS
Australian sequences directed by BRIAN ADAMS
Produced by JOHN READ
A BBC ABC Australia Co-production