Colin Lanceley in his Surry Hills studio; Picture: Bob Barker, Source Daily Telegraph.
At just 76, news of Colin Lanceley’s death today has saddened the art world. Lanceley had been suffering from a long illness and passed away in Sacred Heart Palliative Care in Darlinghurst. Lanceley had battled pulmonary hypertension for two years.
‘I have so many things that I want to say as an artist, he told The Daily Telegraph two days before Christmas. It was his last media interview. ‘Art is very fundamental to being alive, somehow.‘
