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Observation 23: The Last Cig
2018
Acrylic on Wood Panel
10"x10"
My painting submission (Left) for the BARNES FOUNDATION Let's Connect exhibition, is a response to Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s pastel artwork Two Nudes, c. 1897 (BF154). Renoir’s small, simple but fascinating artwork left me wondering, What were these two nude women actually doing? Dancing? Making love? Wrestling? The ambiguity set my mind racing and the image lingered with me well after leaving the Barnes. Later that evening whilst walking home through the city centre and past the Board Game Art Park or “The Pit” as the local Philly skateboarders like to call it, I witnessed an argument between two women whom appeared to be suffering from a substance abuse disorder. Their argument quickly turned violent over who would get to smoke the last cigarette. This quickly resulted with the pair wrestling to the ground and mirroring with uncanny accuracy the rolling pose of Renoir’s two nudes. This juxtaposition of Renoir’s artwork, the pit fighters and the coincidental link to “smoking a cigarette”, a theme common within many of the artworks of Barnes collection, all helped culminate this painting study that I’ve titled Observation 23: The Last Cig.
Acrylic on Wood Panel
10"x10"
My painting submission (Left) for the BARNES FOUNDATION Let's Connect exhibition, is a response to Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s pastel artwork Two Nudes, c. 1897 (BF154). Renoir’s small, simple but fascinating artwork left me wondering, What were these two nude women actually doing? Dancing? Making love? Wrestling? The ambiguity set my mind racing and the image lingered with me well after leaving the Barnes. Later that evening whilst walking home through the city centre and past the Board Game Art Park or “The Pit” as the local Philly skateboarders like to call it, I witnessed an argument between two women whom appeared to be suffering from a substance abuse disorder. Their argument quickly turned violent over who would get to smoke the last cigarette. This quickly resulted with the pair wrestling to the ground and mirroring with uncanny accuracy the rolling pose of Renoir’s two nudes. This juxtaposition of Renoir’s artwork, the pit fighters and the coincidental link to “smoking a cigarette”, a theme common within many of the artworks of Barnes collection, all helped culminate this painting study that I’ve titled Observation 23: The Last Cig.
As darkness encroaches within 6°c
2017
Oil on Canvas Panels
27"x21"
Artists collection
Oil on Canvas Panels
27"x21"
Artists collection
When time isn't up.
Margaret Olley
{after John Mcrea}
2015
Watercolour pencil on paper
20x14cm
{after John Mcrea}
2015
Watercolour pencil on paper
20x14cm
Goodbye Horses I'm flying over you
2015
Backlit Print of Digital Painting
16"x16"
Private collection
Backlit Print of Digital Painting
16"x16"
Private collection
The Hon Jeff Kennett AC Reflecting Up & Down
2014
Oil on Belgian Linen
77"x44"
AmtekCorp collection
Oil on Belgian Linen
77"x44"
AmtekCorp collection
The Hon Jeff Kennett AC Reflecting Up & Down
Detail
J.K. Inner Space
(The Hon Jeff Kennett AC)
2013
Charcoal on Bainbridge Board
16"x15" (40 x 36cm)
Private collection
2013
Charcoal on Bainbridge Board
16"x15" (40 x 36cm)
Private collection
JK Sketch #2
The Hon Jeff Kennett AC
2013
Charcoal drawing (Procreate)
2013
Charcoal drawing (Procreate)
JK Sketch #1
The Hon Jeff Kennett AC
2013
Charcoal drawing (Procreate)
2013
Charcoal drawing (Procreate)
In Vincent We Trust
2014
Watercolour on Cotton Rag Paper
10"x8"
Private collection
Watercolour on Cotton Rag Paper
10"x8"
Private collection
More Ormond Please
2015
Linocut on Cotton Rag Paper
7"x4"
Private collection
Linocut on Cotton Rag Paper
7"x4"
Private collection
Then & Now Bent P O L I T I C I A N $
Portrait Of sir Thomas Bent (22ed Premier of Vic).
2014
Linocut on Cotton Rag Paper
7"x4"
Private collection
2014
Linocut on Cotton Rag Paper
7"x4"
Private collection
IS the drug of the nation
2014
Oil on Linen
14"x14"
Private collection
Oil on Linen
14"x14"
Private collection
Portrait of Rachael Milfull
2014
Oil on Linen
20"x16"
Private collection
Oil on Linen
20"x16"
Private collection
Portrait of Rachael Milfull
Rachael and I in front of her portrait
J.K. PINZ Portrait
(The Hon Jeff Kennett AC)
2013
Procreate - Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylics on Cotton
16"x16" (40 x 40cm)
Private collection
2013
Procreate - Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylics on Cotton
16"x16" (40 x 40cm)
Private collection
Composition #23 The fleeting moment
2013
Oil on Canvas
8"x10"
Artists collection
Oil on Canvas
8"x10"
Artists collection
Composition #20
2013
Oil on Canvas
8"x10"
Artists collection
Oil on Canvas
8"x10"
Artists collection
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X-zibit
1999
Oil on canvas
Triptych 142"x237" (360 x 600cm)
Monash University Art