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Portraits Winner
Sponsor: Pilbara Development Commission
Prize: $8,000
Judge’s comments:
In a highly contested category, that had many excellent entries, this work grew and grew in the eyes of the judges. Once again, it does not strive to capture the detail of facial features, but probes deeper into family traits that may appear through different generations or shared by siblings. In this way, it becomes a moving and mysterious composite portrait, that has emerged through the process of painting.
ARTWORK ID: 6018
CATEGORY: Portraits (a model release form from the subject must be supplied)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This piece is a conversation between what we inherit and what we become.
I've been on abit of an ancestry pilgrimage of late.
Discovering where my roots lay and how it shapes the present.
This was initially a self portrait when I began the process, the first layers started to form, I stood back and saw a really old figure, actually resembling a great-grandfather. I found an old WWII photo from my paternal side and decided to lean into the process.
Alas, with afew soft swipes of the brush and I saw my beautiful brother emerge. It was uncanny and I felt such a sense of belonging, our bloodlines, how we are delicately tied into eachother and the shapes that we keep.
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 420mm x 520mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1kg
ARTIST LOCATION: GERALDTON, WA
Portraits Winner
Sponsor: Pilbara Development Commission
Prize: $8,000
Judge’s comments:
In a highly contested category, that had many excellent entries, this work grew and grew in the eyes of the judges. Once again, it does not strive to capture the detail of facial features, but probes deeper into family traits that may appear through different generations or shared by siblings. In this way, it becomes a moving and mysterious composite portrait, that has emerged through the process of painting.
ARTWORK ID: 6018
CATEGORY: Portraits (a model release form from the subject must be supplied)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This piece is a conversation between what we inherit and what we become.
I've been on abit of an ancestry pilgrimage of late.
Discovering where my roots lay and how it shapes the present.
This was initially a self portrait when I began the process, the first layers started to form, I stood back and saw a really old figure, actually resembling a great-grandfather. I found an old WWII photo from my paternal side and decided to lean into the process.
Alas, with afew soft swipes of the brush and I saw my beautiful brother emerge. It was uncanny and I felt such a sense of belonging, our bloodlines, how we are delicately tied into eachother and the shapes that we keep.
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 420mm x 520mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1kg
ARTIST LOCATION: GERALDTON, WA