BRISBANE artist Randal Breen has taken a whimsical and humorous look at caravans.

His latest exhibition – My Life As A Caravan – delivered a rather interesting slant on the world of caravanning.

It was spawned from the discovery of an old caravan in the shed of his wife’s grandfather, Arthur, who hand-built it in the early 1960s. It was used by the family for annual holidays to Burrum Heads on Queensland's central coast.

The caravan has since sat in the same place for the last 25 years and has been utilised as a playground for the grandchildren, a spare room and for storage space.

Mr Breen said his art practice often involved uncovering and re-presenting things he found in his local environment.  He frequently stops by the side of the road to grab a photo of a ramshackled shed or a broken down car.

"My works are usually a collage of a number of images mashed together to deliver a vision of an environment only functional in our imagination," he explained.

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