For Anno

"From emotional turmoil and the enigmatic darkness of the black paintings Peter Booth emerged with a series of small oil paintings vibrating with light, colour and expressionist gesture. Thick paint in a range of colours was applied to the surface with a new liberation of gesture and expression. Red was the predominant colour, although black was still marginally evident. These paintings glowed with jewel-like intensity and joyously expressed a change in Peter Booth's emotional condition while celebrating his ability with paint and his love of sensuous, tactile surfaces." (F Lindsay, 'Peter Booth', Art and Australia, Vol.16 No.1, September 1978, p. 53)