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DEAN COGLE
Portrait Prize 2021
Louise Smith | Self Portrait 1 | 2020 WINNER
PROUDLY SPONSORED BY MICHELLE NEUMANN
JUDGED BY BRETT ADLINGTON
Proudly Sponsored by Michelle Neumann
Judged by Judy Anderson
EXHIBITING ARTISTS CATALOGUE
FEARLESS CREATIVIT Y
Alexa Grunner Andrew Neilan Camille Manley
Catherine Van-Davies All for Me Sun Days
- Oil on canvas - Oil on canvas - Acrylic on board
- 30 x 30 cm - 37 x 24 cm - 30 x 30 cm
- $450 - $350 - $480
This could be a portrait Are the lines on my face, my Sun Days is part of a series of
of the actress, Catherine sins or my grace? Do I sound small works that explore life
Van-Davies. Or it could be a like a tape recording, is the TV over the past year, making the
portrait of May Le, a character sending me messages? Will most of where we live and the
in the Australian drama I win the Archibald or be sold things that bring us joy, with a
“Hungry Ghosts” in which as a slave? How much am I tinge of nostalgia for the days
three generations of families worth? before.
are haunted by their traumas
This work depicts my other
experienced in the Vietnam
half, hanging at our favourite
War.
spot down at Tallie on one of
those cracking Gold Coast
days.
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Elliot Brown Emily Rose Hastie Emma Sadler Eriksson
Side Effects Occy Now What
- Oil on canvas - Pyrography on pine - Oil on canvas
- 40 x 40 cm - 62.9 x 82.3 cm - 25 x 29 cm
- $1600 - $3000 - $360
Painting and making art until Mark Occhilupo, the “Raging This self portrait was created
the end. Bull” but widely known to the after months of hard lockdown
surf community as Occy, was in Melbourne. Being confined
a child star by 16, ranking 3rd to your home with no work,
best in the world by 17. Occy no loved ones and no idea
took a hiatus in the early 90s when it would end, made a
before making a comeback enormous, negative impact on
with a vengeance from 1995, the mental health of everyone
to go on to win the coveted going through it.
ASP World title in 1999 aged
33. Occy continues to be an ‘Now What’ is the expression
active member of the surf of how it felt waking up to
community, running the ‘Occ- another day of confinement
cast’ podcast interviews with with nothing to do with the
significant surfing figures, energy that your morning
popping into the 2019 Sri coffee gives you.
Lanka world tour among
other events, while also
raising the next generation of
professional surfing talent - his
children.
DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 |
George Harding Heidi Ledwell Howard Searchfield
Sketch Book, Page 3. The Shopkeeper Tilly
- Oil on Canvas - Acrylic on board - Oil on Board
- 75 x 65 cm - 70 x 60 cm - 66 x 66 cm
- $2500 - $500 - $2500
Recently, working restoring an Craig has been part of my Tilly is a young singer and
old home in the mountains, an life for the past 20 years. keen surfer, with a vivacious
art proverb frequently comes The mornings I walk my dog I personality who happens to
to mind. inevitably pass the Currumbin be my nephew’s partner. The
Village Store, and there is inspiration for this painting
"An artwork is never finished,
Craig behind the counter, with came while we were all out
only abandoned."
a big smile and wave. Craig to lunch and Tilly turned up
Knowing when to stop can and his family have provided wearing these sungalsses.
be one of the hardest parts their community with a She graciously allowed me
to painting. To let go and let beating heart, a familiar face, to paint her portrait while
it be seen in process can be and old fashioned service for wearing them.
hard but make it much more the past 36 years. In these
This is slightly divergent from
understandable to the viewer topsy turvy times Craig's smile
my usual style but different
the process. is hidden behind a mask,
personalities sometime
however there is always a
To understand not to require a different approach.
smile.
overwork something also in
life and when to let go and
move on is something I am still
yet to truly master.
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021
Irene Messia Jilly Gray Jim Mullins
Sleeping Moon Sean Connery Self Portrait with Currawong
- Marble & wood - Oil on oil board - Oil on canvas
- 50 x 25 cm - 29.5 x 21 cm - 60 x 60 cm
- POA - $1000 - $660
“Sleeping Moon” After leaving Art School with
a portfolio of headless life
A portrait of a friend started
drawings Jilly always believed
on a full moon night.
she could not paint people.
Then in Artist Residency
in mid 2019 (after constant
portrait requests) she
thought it might be the time
to try again. In Sept 2019 she
progressed from acrylics to
oils as the preferred medium.
‘Sometimes you see a picture
and it just draws you into
their soul, rather than just the
superficial rugged good looks
of someone like Sean’
Jilly is a practicing Artist in her
Burleigh Artspace Studio.
DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 |
Jonny Ranger Judy Banks Julie Hollis
Lucifer It’s a Sad World Girl on Fire
- Synthetic polymer and oil on - Acrylics on canvas - Acrylics on primed and
canvas sealed MDF panel
- 90 x 90 cm
- 40 x 51 cm - 62 x 62.5 cm
- $800
- $680 - $1280
Coming from a lifetime I want to evoke feeling and “Her red hair burns like the
background of music, and in emotion from whomever rays of the sun, I see her and
recent years, graphic design views my artwork. Because I am lit. For she is beautiful
and tattooing, Jonny is an there is so much beauty beyond compare, the girl with
interdisciplinary artist, and and life experiences around blue eyes and fire for hair!”
has created visual artwork me, I try to share them in my
- Christy Ann Marine
on a spectrum of surfaces paintings which are mainly
and sizes, from living flesh to traditional in style. Being
large walls, canvas, papers, retired now I have more time
textiles, digital screens and to paint, but life still gets in I loved creating the mood
3-dimensional forms. the way, thank goodness. with this stunning red haired
For a few years after girl. Her hair appears like
Consistently investigating, fire, sparkling and lit by the
returning to painting in 2015, I
tapping-into and finding amazing light!
concentrated on pastels. The
balance in visual language
pigment and colours just get
between what is decaying,
to me. Then I went back to
alive, morbid and playful,
acrylics and oils which have
Jonny’s work often explores
taken over my art practice.
themes of the existential
and anatomical, emerging
from self-reflective, liminal
space, into surreal visions and
manifestations using a variety
of both traditional and non-
traditional tools and mediums.
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Kalinda Witchey Karen Wiz Smith Kellie North
Self Portrait Emerging Self Self
- Oil on ampersand gessobord - Acrylic on canvas - Digital photography
- 22.9 x 30.5 cm - 51 x 76 cm - 52 x 41 cm
- $450 - $1950 - POA
I approached my self A self portrait representing Standing here, Julie Tengdahl
portrait from an impersonal a lifelong endeavour to shows her Self as she sees
perspective and angle. succeed and break free from the women she has been
the crowd. Now, at an age dressing for more than three
My inspiration was to capture
when confidence wains, the decades. When stripped
a mood enhanced by the light,
challenge is greater than bare, every woman is
rather than a facial expression.
ever. Ageism, sexism and grounded by primal elements
Two mirrors and a warm light being overlooked can force that make her at once brave
helped me paint my self the older woman into the and vulnerable. To Julie,
portrait from life. chasm of worthlessness. being industrious and looking
Although I have been an artist luminous is no paradox…
I believe self portraits can for most of my life, the paint women reveal their authentic,
express and document a lot brush has recently become shining beauty when their
about an artist at any given my weapon against neglect unique essence is bared and
time in their life. and ignorance. With art as celebrated as pure grace,
my voice I shall no longer be pure joy, pure integrity.
discounted and emerge from
the abyss with renewed self
assurance.
DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 |
Kylie Findlay Laurie Smith Lee Bradford
I’ll Do Me Tony. Kickboxa Jolanta and her Amazing,
- Oil on board - Oil on Canvas Travelling, DreamCoat!
- 30 x 30 cm - 30 x 30 cm - Acrylic polymere on
stretched canvas
- $1100 - $800
- 76 x 101.5 cm
- $1000
A painting of me from a I painted Tony after a JOLANTA BIBIANNA
photo on my phone. Taking kickboxing event. I work in MACIOLEK
photos of myself always felt oils or mixed media often from
This multi-talented visual
so uncomfortable. I found a photograph.
and performing artist, has
painting myself was strangely
a background as Designer,
much easier.
Puppeteer, Puppet Maker,
I chose this image because Actor, and Pattern maker.
the expression felt authentic It was however, Jolanta’s
to me. In painting it I aimed for humorous recounting of the
likeness but not realistic. plight of her favourite item of
clothing, that mesmerised,
I think this is the first time
giving a special insight.
I have painted something
This comfortable oversized
without going through a stage
pre loved shirt travelled
in the process when I hated
everywhere. One journey, it
how it looked. Each layer just
sadly disappearing as lost
added something that made
luggage, only to re-appear
the painting better. A bit more
somewhat mysteriously years
depth. A bit more interest. A
later. I was keen to capture the
better perspective.
mischievous sense of fun of
It’s not perfect … but it feels this talented artist, and special
like me. attachment to her unique
travelling companion!
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021
Louise Smith Lucia Ulliana Mallory Griffiths
Nerissa Young Annie Venus as a Boy
- Oil and acrylic on board - Charcoal and pastel on linen - Acrylic on canvas
canvas
- 46 x 61 cm - 70 x 70 cm
- 65 x 81 cm
- $895 - $650
- $650
The figure and the human Young Annie is veiled in the A love letter to salty hair and
face are my favourite subjects. colour purple, for strength and sand under the nails after a
I paint at night, so when I transformation. day in the surf.
come into the studio the next
She at a stage in her life An ode to my truest love.
morning and the delirium is
where adulthood lies ahead.
over, I assess what chaos The delicate nature that men
Her face portraying that
has happened over coffee... may reside in.
transparent beauty of youth....
Usually, I work for a long
with a hint of wonder in her
stretch, until a moment arrives
gaze. What lies ahead....
when I am no longer in love
beyond youth?
with the process. I can’t ever
say the painting is “done” it is
just done with me.
DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 |
Margaret Fredrickson Margaret Van Maanen Martina Clarke
Redhead Beach, Newcastle Ed Euca
- Oil on paper - Oil on canvas - Oil on linen
- 78 x 58 cm - 76 x 60 cm - 30 x 42 cm
- $350 - $5000 - $800
Enroute to Sydney, with a My husband had shied away When you are walking down
friend, a mobile call from my from sitting for me prior to the street, or looking at your
brother. We were 30 minutes Covid-shutdown yet being put friend, stop and concentrate.
north of Raymond Terrace. out of work, he volunteered. What is it that attracts you to
He advised me to hop out of The watery aqua background this moment? A contrasting
the car, catch two buses to references the Pacific Ocean colour? An eyelash? Quality of
Port Stephens - due to Sydney which drew him out of Canada light? These small measures
becoming a hot spot. So, 40 years ago, finally planting of beauty gives my painting
like so many holiday plans - him in SE Qld, and lately, practice a purpose. I am
change tack. Meet up with Currumbin. I am painting in a always searching for that
the family and spend a few more relaxed “brushy realism” kernel of understanding, and
days together, then return style which suits this sitter. He in doing so understand that
from Newcastle, complete has a unique, open, congenial beauty reveals itself in the
with boarder pass to the Gold personality which has been process.
Coast. continuously delightful to
live with for years. I was also
Brother, a retired scientist is
reminded of the description
gazing out to sea, is in the
“the strength of kindness” in
cancel coal camp and me, a
making this painting.
painter, pleased to view those
huge coal vessels lined up
ready for Asia and the world’s
industry, needed to support
our huge debts due to Covid.
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021Melina Fitzgerald Michael Baker Natalia Bertelli
Love in Anxiety Sun Shower Jade
- Graphite on paper - Oil on Canvas - Mixed media
- 30 x 43 cm - 76 x 61 cm - 90 x 70 cm
- $600 - $1800 - $790
After a wet few months in My large-scale portraits are
Febuary/March we looked created in an intuitive manner,
forward to the sun’s return. as I begin the process I let
This portrait of Keziah Harris myself go, I connect with my
is a celebration of light, inner feelings and energy at
Aussie blue skies and beauty the time.
painted in my favourite style
There is a sort of dialogue
impressionism.
that takes place during the
process, the paint moves and
I respond, allowing it to run
its course or intervening like
a game.
In my search for freedom I
mix supports like recycled
canvases, cardboard and
metal. I feel that there is a
kind of complicit association
between the used objects, a
poetry of its previous use that
I perceive and it inspires me.
DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 |Natalie Popovski Nate Stanbridge Noel Provan
Lil Dusty Trapped by Superstition Blues
- Oil on Canvas - Oil on canvas - Acrylic on canvas
- 80 x 60 cm - 60 x 40 cm - 60 x 90 cm
- $1500 - $599 - $1250
A portrait of the one and only This year I decided to paint The subject of the portrait is
Lil Dusty a young girl I met in the Cedric Burnside, an American
longneck village in the north Blues artist.
of Thailand a few years back.
The Blues is the sound of
She was sitting with her
emotion and I have tried to
mother and looking past me
provide a visual of that feeling.
towards some other people
when I took this shot. The
title I chose comes from the
story that explains why the
karen longneck woman wear
their brass rings around
their necks. A man once
had a dream that his friends’
daughter would get bitten
by a tiger on the neck so he
wrapped brass rings around
her neck to protect her.
Hence the name ‘trapped by
superstition’
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2019Peter Letts Philip Gough Rady Mccarthy
Bill & Banjo Waiting for the Joanna Aspire Inspire
Rain - Watercolour on stretched - Mixed Media
- Acrylic on canvas paper
- 29 x 42 cm
- 90 x 90 cm - 60 x 50 cm
- $2213
- $3900 - $2750
Bill is the last of a long As a retired architect, I Working as a professional
line of William Whites. His was tutored in watercolour tattoo artist for over 20 years
ancestors have been farming technique in my architectural on and around the Gold Coast.
this property on the banks course and have always used
this, along with creativity My hands are recognisable,
of the Mary River between
and observation to enjoy definitely with any one whom
Maryborough and Hervey Bay as see me doing live painting
since settling there around a watercolour hobby and
retirement career. I regularly at festivals or just watching me
1850. Waiting for the rain to draw tattoo designs. My hands
start or stop is all part of life enter shows and competitions
and teach watercolour. I inspire & aspire with sacred
on the land and in this portrait symbols tattooed around the
particularly enjoy painting
Bill and his old working dog, world, these hands are my
portraits, especially of iconic
turned companion, Banjo are tools.
celebrities whom I admire. I
waiting patiently for the rain
choose an image that typifies
to start.
their characters.
DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 |Rebecca Cunningham Rebekah Butt Rhys John Kaye
Levon Agua Finding Florence
- Acrylic on card - Watercolour on canvas - Oil on canvas
- 22 x 32 cm - 45.7 x 61 cm - 41 x 51 cm
- $785 - $1700 - $1250
This painting is inspired by a Afternoon light filtering onto This painting is titled Finding
photo of the musical legend bare faces is the most magical Florence, It’s a portrait of
Levon Helm - Drummer and thing. The time of day to my grandmother Florence
singer in ‘The Band’. If I could stop whatever is happening, when she was young. She
transport myself back to any to look up at the sky, to was someone I admire and
concert in history it would look around to appreciate this painting is a tribute to
be to San Francisco, 1976, everything being illuminated. her resilience. As a young
‘The Last Waltz’. The Band's single mother of six children,
farewell concert. From the with a mental illness and the
very first time I watched victim of abuse, I wanted
the concert I felt a pang of to showcase the hope and
deep longing to witness that
strength Florence maintained
moment of history in the flesh,
throughout all the devastation
to hear it for myself.
and hardship she faced in
The process to this painting her life.
was to have no vision of the
completed work. Finding my
confidence as I surrendered
to the brush stroke and not
focusing on creating an
exact replication, rather a
sentimental interpretation.
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021Ron Macrae Samanthat Sinner Shawnee Dean
In a Dark Time the Eye Begins She Spoke of Spirit Portrait of a Self-Sufficient
to See - Oil on canvas Woman
- Mixed media on canvas - 75 x 60 cm - Oil on board
- 71 x 56 cm - $650 - 45 x 60.5 cm
- $1250 - $345
I chose a self portrait This work was the result A self portrait of the artist,
of a long pose life drawing the self-sufficient woman is
Unusually I was going
session. The poser, Aarti, captured through the duality
through a dark patch. Deep
spoke so eloquently of her life of being alone and contented.
in thought I noticed and
and beliefs that the essence The painting depicts the artist
saw things from a different
of her conversation stayed as central and focused, while
perspective, sometimes rather
with me for a long time. I hope the background appears
weird. Having decided this
to have captured her spirit, periphery and circumstantial.
mood would make a good
just a little, as she moved After a pivotal change in
painting, I prepared sketches,
through this moment in time. lifestyle and the dynamics of
composition, values, colours
key relationships, the artist
etc.
became explicitly aware of
It was important to have a how capable she was of being
single, simple idea of what on her own and how vibrant
was wanted and then delve that life could be.
into the work.
Next step was to rig a
lamp focused on a stool
with a black backdrop and
photograph myself with a
camera on time delay and so
the painting was borne.
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 15Simone Gorman-Clark Simon McLean Stephen Tiernan
Smothered Bill Self Portrait Lying on the
- Double exposure cyanotype - Watercolour / pencil Floor Reading
print on 100% cotton - Oil on wood
watercolour paper - 38 x 30 cm
- $350 - 40 x 50 cm
- 22 x 27 cm
- $950
- $371
Smothered - to be stifled or Self portrait of artist lying on
suffocated; prevented from the floor reading. Painted
breathing. This self-portrait in a loose and expressive
is a representation of how I style capturing the artist in a
have felt during the global moment of self reflection. The
pandemic of COVID-19. image was captured using a
mirror and colour was added
Two images make up this one
from imagination.
image using double exposure
techniques and then the
alternative printing process
of cyanotype to create the
final piece. The finish with
cyanotype was important to
me in this image, because the
colour blue represents both
freedom and expression yet
is also associated with feeling
blue and sadness.
16 | DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021Steve Gorman Suzi Novak Tamara Armstrong
SolarLola On the Nickel A. Billi Free
- Oil on canvas - Acrylic and oil on board - Acrylic on canvas
- 40 x 40 cm - 13 x 20 cm - 40 x 51 cm
- $2000 - $980 - $1800
A painting of my daughter My first portrait painting from A. Billi Free is a vocalist,
soaking up a book and the a photo I took of my dad. emcee, DJ and beat maker.
warm spring sunshine on the My work centers around Her sound is rooted in electric
balcony. An idle and fleeting vulnerability, about seeing blend of hip hop, soul and
moment of youth, often not beauty in the darkness, and electronica. We connected
valued until it’s gone. our emergence into the light. via instagram a few years ago
and I’ve often listened to her
On the Nickel is a song by
music, while painting in my
Tom Waits that my dad played
studio. In 2020 Billi posted a
a lot when I was young. The
few images taken by Arizona
song moves me to tears these
based photographer R.Ariel
days, stirring sentiment of a
and this portrait was painted
man I once thought invincible
from one of those shots. I was
and in some ways still do.
drawn to the vibrant lighting,
He bought me my first set of
moody shadows and striking
oil paints when I was 12, and
palette and wanted the
this piece honours that gift of
challenge of capturing it all in
belief.
paint, while also allowing Billi’s
easy going nature to show.
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 17Tamara Stoneman Ted Grambeau Tiarna Stevenson
Stoney Submerged Just a Girl
- Pastel pencil on paper - Giclee Digital Print - Oil on canvas
- 52cm x 64 cm - 100 x 80 cm - 40 x 60 cm
- $1200 - $2500 - $432
Stoney is a portrait of my This portrait of model Tiarna’s work oscillates
husband David Stoneman. Got Maul is more of a between irony and sincerity,
Affectionately known as representation of my own using motifs from popular
“Stoney” and “Dr. Stoney” photographic journey than culture to project personal
by his students. David is a specific statement on one and feminine virtues of
a teacher, an academic, a social issue. emotion. With an emphasis on
musician/songwriter, a father, personal feeling, she merges
Having spent decades
and soon-to-be grandfather. abstraction and representation
immersed in the ocean
He has also been the love of with a childishness that is
acquiring skills that enable
my life for 35 years. innocent juxtaposed with
me to create unique
serio-comic depictions relating
Despite experiencing tragedy interpretations across all
to Australian culture, the body,
and hard times, David has forms of my photography.
women’s issues, and personal
come through with wisdom
However by combining histories.
and compassion.
powerful elements, a female,
He values life and endeavours a black model, a refugee,
to enjoy it as much as possible submerged in water, expands
while making a difference in the relevance of this portrait
the world. equally to any number of
emotive current social issues.
I hope my portrait of him
reflects the strength and
kindness within him.
18 | DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021William Meertens Zaide Harker
Self Portrait as Modern Pirate Julia
- Ink on Stonehenge Cotton - Oil on canvas
Rag
- 61 x 71 cm
- 60 x 40 cm
- $750
- $250
I’m a painter who uses This piece is inspired by
drawing as a way to work out Julia - the person who initially
ideas as they come to mind. suggested I enter the Dean
Cogle Portrait Prize. Knowing
This is my first self portrait.
my subject intimately enables
me to explore forces which
guide human conduct while
paying particular attention to
individual mannerisms and
tendencies. The work reflects
on the human condition
through exploration of vice
and virtue, and forms a
statement on the absurdity
of human behaviour when
faced with the reality of decay
and inevitable demise. The
expressive style of the work
projects my perception of the
subject’s internal struggle
onto the canvas and invites
the viewer to reflect on the
true psychological state of
those they hold dear.
| DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 19DEAN COGLE Portrait Prize 2021 ONLINE ARTISTS
Alexandra Sloane Angela Parr Anna Bassi
Green (Juliette) Beach Treasure Pearls of Wisdom
- Oil on wood - Pastel - Mixed media on paper
- 18 x24 cm - 22 x 19 cm - 40 x 40 cm
- $210 - $800 - $600
I wanted to look at the horrors My art is an extension of my life. I painted myself with things that
of girlhood which is constantly The things which I value form are significant and surround me.
being reflected back at me by the basis of my practice. Reflecting on certain times in my
my little sister. Wildlife and portraiture figure life. The pearls belong to my late
largely, as sentient beings mother-in-law. The red geranium
speak strongly to me. I have is a plant we both appreciated and
recently branched into pastels in past tradition it was placed at
as a medium as they are the entry of one’s home to protect
powerful in the colours from strangers and to bring good
(although this particular portrait health. For me it symbolises
is in muted tones) and retain resilience. The palm tree is a
their vibrancy throughout the symbol of where l sit at my home.
life of the artwork. I hope you The candle l light is to remember
enjoy this particular portrait of Lizzie and connect with the ritual
one of my family members.... a of art making. Smoking is a habit l
beautiful child who adores can at some stages in my life say l
nature, in all its forms. don’t do but at this time l enjoy.
Like the candle it connects me
with the fire within.Annelie Dahlen Antoinette Edmunds Catherine Dawe
Wild Dreamer In Oz Olga Madeleine
- Oil on stretched canvas - Oil on canvas - Acrylic
- 30 x 25 cm - 45 x 45 cm - 61 x 51 cm
- $350 - $500 - $560
I first met Aarti at a Sketch This is Olga, our neighbour, she This portrait considers the
Theatre Group where her had the biggest brown eyes we timeless nature of womankind -
sharing her story inspired me to had ever seen. She was into her sense of self, her ambitions
paint her portrait. outrageous clothing and colour. her inherent needs. Madeleine
She gave up driving at a young might be from the 1720s or the
Aarti Bajaj is a classical Indian age because she said she was 2020s but her woman’s soul is
and contemporary dancer and a danger on the roads. She universal.
actor. She is the artistic walked for miles, consequently
director of a local theatrical she had fabulous legs. No-one
production company called knew her country of origin. She
Wild Dreamer Productions. said she was found and no-one
This pose in particular, I really tried to trace her
believe, shows her ancestry, she liked the mystery
determination and love of and was too afraid to discover
telling stories through where she really came from.
performance. Her name means I like to paint images of stories
flame/fire, so I incorporated the about the people I meet who
native candle stick banksia to a may not have a great impact on
traditional Indian pattern for her the world stage but have
background. touched me by their authentic
and unique character.Jazz Watson Jessica Laufer Jolanta Bibianna Maciolek
Surrender Dreamscape Lockdown
- Acrylic on canvas - Watercolour, gouache and - Acrylic
colour pencil
- 50 x 70 cm - 51 x 76 cm
- 42 x59 cm
- $777 - $550
- $650
A call to surrender all we Jolanta Bibianna Maciolek, b.
cannot hold to something This work was inspired by Poland, lives in Gold Coast.
greater. When we realise we recurring dreams of places that
cannot control anything and all would appear different in my She completed Fine Art School in
thats left is Surrender to Spirit. dreams to how they are in real Lodz, and earned a Diploma of
life. The work is a self portrait Theatre, Music and Stage. In
and shows a transition into Australia she completed a
dream state. Bachelor of Visual Arts (painting,
printmaking)1997.
In my dreams I find that I visit
the same places from time to Over our life time we can lose our
time and they will often have identity. Sometimes it is caused by
the same formation and the environment we have found
structure. Often these dreams ourselves in, sometimes we are
will include places of my trying to Sind the lost link between
childhood, cities that I have reality and unusual situations.The
once visited or mountainous pandemic years have made us
landscapes. more vulnerable than ever.
This portrait depicts a woman with
lipstick, something she used to put
on her lips each time she was
leaving home to go to work.Kristie Faulkner Lee Murphy Lily Tolson
Queen Bee The Cares of a Child Nic
- Digital art - Oil and arcylic on canvas - Pastel, charcoal, paint and pen
on paper
- 37.8 x 28.9 cm - 90 x 60 cm
- 59 x 79 cm
- $750 - $4000
- $170
Dripping in her sweetness My daughter, Bridie, finds her
intertwined with a honeycomb 'tree lounge' (as she calls it) her A mixed media artwork that
frailty the symphonic buzzing of favourite place to relax and encapsulates a very bustling time
silence resonates with the hang out. Somehow, she in my life, the portrait is drawn
echoing void for unconditional makes her precarious branch upon a photo I took in this time, I
love. seat look inviting, comfortable tried to achieve this through rough
and magical. Watching her, I line markings and bold colour
Knowing what her destiny holds wanted to capture the joy of choices and a multitude of
as she craves her souls older times when kids spent textures.
alchemy as it blurs between the their days outside looking for
sting of darkness and the trees to climb and for nature’s
pursuit of light. adventures. The surrounding
greenery envelopes and
supports Bridie completely and
her inner joy radiates out.Megan Skehan Michelle Smit Olivia Gyene
Selfie Rex The Boxer Good Victory
- Acrylic on canvas - Oil on canvas - Acrylic on canvas
- 61 x 51 cm - 60 x 80 cm - 30 x 40 cm
- $2000 - POA - $895
I never really wanted to paint I come from a family who are Achievement of success, or
portraits until I had children. I talented in art. Unfortunately I mastery in an endeavor against
loved this Snapchat image of never had the time to try my odds or difficulties. Is that a
my daughter, called "Love hand at it and only started journey, or it's destination?
Glasses". The irony of painting painting in 2019 at the age of
a Snapchat image, so 57 yrs. I started with seascapes
disposable and manipulated, in Oils and then I have found a
and then turning it into a passion for Portraits especially
cherished family portrait if there is a special connection
amused me. and meaning. I painted this for
my son in law, who comes from
a family of boxers. This is their
father who was a boxer and
sadly passed away many years
ago. Rex Redden, Jameson
Belt 1968, New Zealand
Premier Boxing Award.Samantha Beau Steven Sullivan Tia Reinikka
Festive Nudes I Quaeror Faciem Tuam (I Miss Why is she drinking two smokes?
Your Face )
- Oil and charcoal - Oil pastel on canvas textured
- Oil on canvas paper
- 78.5 x 104 cm
- 70 x 90 cm - 29 x 42 cm
- $2850
- $898 - $450
This lively abstract is about
Carnivale Venice which is Society takes comfort in The Saint of Southport.
normally held in February every entrenched iconography,
year. The streets are alive with reinforcing a connection Sometimes the best thing a friend
colour, people dressed in between them, and an can do for you, is to celebrate
elaborate gowns and environmental order. your birthday until the next
costumes. Aside from being Reinforcing the familiar with morning.
able to feast on Italian materials, using predominately
delicacies, wines and the domestic objects, and
canals of venice, carnivale iconography as common
offers the next dimension. denominators. These signifiers
are then undermined or altered
My art practice is to bring the to signify greater relationships.
Joie De Vivre of life via
abstracts to people's homes. I Interpreting signs, requires
love adding joy to people's familiarity with the codes and
lives and enchancing conventions. This sense of
imaginative exploration. order and predictability , in
whatever form it takes, acts as
a filter and shield against the
unpredictability and lurking
chaos of the outside world.Tony Sacre Shadow - Prisma/acrilic on stonehenge - 70 x 100 cm - $3000. A great inspiration too many great guitarists and a unique look that inspired me to capture. I paint portraits for my own pleasure and also do the odd commission.
Painting by Christian Halford
IN LOVING AND CONTINUED MEMORY OF DEAN COGLE | 1957 - 2019
An exceptional artist
An understated instigator of culture.
MANY THANKS TO
Michelle Neumann
Mark Warne
Judy Anderson
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