The Luminous Vision of Romola Clifton Born in the vibrant coastal city of Perth in 1935, Romola Clifton emerged as a profound voice in the realm of Australian watercolor painting. Her artistic journey was shaped by an early immersion in the nuances of form and space, deeply influenced by her father, Marshall Waller Gervase Clifton, a distinguished architect whose eye for structural elegance left an indelible mark on her developing aesthetic. This foundational appreciation for spatial relationships would later manifest in her ability to balance the delicate transparency of watercolor with the…