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A man in a blue shirt in an art studio surrounded by screen printing equipment with portraits pinned to the wall.

A black and white photo of people attending the dedication of Murtoa's war memorial in 1920.

A black and white screen print portrait of the soldier featured on Nhill's WW1 memorial.

"I'm there at sunrise to catch the light on the face because [a lot of the figures face the East], and the slouch hats often float downwards,"
he said.

A gallery wall lines with 34 black and white screen prints depicting the faces of statues honouring WW1 soldiers and nurses.

"What I'm attempting to do is ask people to look at the faces of the memorials as a document of how the Anzac spirit was memorialised, but then look a little further into the human side of each of those figures,"
Mr Tremlett said.
A damaged statue of of WW1 soldier lying on a plinth in a gallery.

"He probably carved about a quarter [of the statues] by himself, which is a remarkable effort over a 10-year period,"
he said.

Murtoa's World War One memorial arch with the figure of a soldier standing on top.

A black and white photo of the crowd at the WW1 memorial unveiling at Nhill in 1921.

A display panel for the Immortals exhibition, with an image of a war memorial and portraits in the background.

"Clayton Tremlett's dedicated work brings new light to the remarkable statues that quietly honour those who served."

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