People’s Choice Face of Australia Exhibition, Parliament House Sydney Thank you so much to all who voted for me!
Please come join me and some incredibly talented artists at our next PAA group exhibition “The Face of Australia” at Parliament House, Sydney opening on Tuesday 29th March 2011, 6-8pm. The theme is a portrait in the landscape of Australia and the opening speaker will be Minister for the Arts, Virginia Judge MP. The exhibition will be held until 29th April. Hope to see you… Read more »
MLC Gallery 449 Harris Street, Ultimo 8th – 20th March 2010
Mad Max and Goose on a break from filming, with “The Interceptor”. Once again I’ve had a great time creating two more scenes from the iconic Aussie film “Mad Max”. I have used oil on canvas, my favourite medium. The first painting depicts Mel Gibson and Steve Bisley leaning against “The Interceptor” in the bright Australian sun. The second shows… Read more »
Still love painting the old cars! Don’t you just love the FJ Holden? And the Kingswood?
I’m having a great time compiling a 16-part series of “How to” articles for Fine Art and Decorative Painting magazine. The series is called “So you want to Paint a Portrait?” It will take an amateur portraitist on a step by step journey from the first sitting, basic proportions, observing features and forms and initial sketches. Then through to composition and… Read more »
Nabil’s portrait was a joy to paint and was also my entry for the Archibald Prize. This painting is a story in pictures of his life. His lovely wife Maud and I spent hours going over old family photos. We discovered old sepia shots of his first car, first boat, his baby photos, Maud in her first car at age… Read more »
When I contacted Tim about painting his portrait he asked “Why?” Well, why not? He’s an interesting character and probably one of my most challenging portraits yet. Tim has many facets to his personality and was almost a different person each time I saw him. Tim’s next question was “Where?” I envisaged him at a grand piano of course and… Read more »
Not sure if drinking 5 of Bertoni’s amazing coffees made my sketching hand any steadier, my brain was certainly buzzing! It was also buzzing when the organisers of the 2008 Lane Cove Art Show called to tell me the painting won Highly Commended in the Urban Landscape division. I presented the crew from Bertoni’s with a print of the painting… Read more »
