Solo Exhibition- Theatrum Imaginum

Opening event- 19th September 2026 at Lennox Street Gallery, Melbourne

New! 3 day workshop in Ballina, NSW- 10th, 11th and 12th April 2026

 

   I'm running a 3 day portrait painting workshop in Ballina, NSW on the 10th, 11th and 12th of April.

We will spend 3 days working from a live portrait model, beginning with a pencil drawing, then later transferring the drawing,  painting a tonal underpainting and then a final layer in full colour. I will explain and demonstrate each step of the process and there will be a lot of one to one instruction. You will end the workshop with one beautifully painted portrait in oil. 

This workshop is limited to 12 people, so don't mis out!

For some reason, Google isn't showing my website in searches, so here is the link to my website for more information and booking- https://www.andrewbonneauart.com/workshops-2

Theogony

 2022, Oil on Linen

Nine Aspects of the Goddess

 

2022, Oil on Linen

Exhibition at Lethbridge Gallery in Brisbane.

I currently have six still life paintings and three drawings in an exhibition at Lethbridge Gallery in Bulimba, Brisbane. The show will run until the 22nd of September.

https://www.lethbridgegallery.com/artist/andrew-bonneau/primary

A couple of portraits

Earlier this year my wife's cousins visited us for a week or so and I got a chance do paint a portrait of each of them. I spent about 5 hours on each painting. They are both oil on panel.

Some drawings after John Singer Sargent

Every now and then I try to take some time out from my other painting commitments to copy some drawings by one of the masters. These two are done after John Singer Sargent. They probably took about 4 hours each. 

Italian Renaissance Lectures

I'll be giving 2 lectures on painting and sculpture during the Italian Renaissance at the Cairns Regional Gallery on the 11th and 18th of May. 

The cost is $5 (Gallery Members: $3) per lecture- Glass of wine included

Monday May 11
5.30-6.30pm
Painting and Sculpture in Renaissance Italy
The first lecture will focus on the early Renaissance in Italy, looking at developments in visual vocabulary that had a major impact on painting and sculpture in subsequent centuries.

Monday May 18
The Italian High Renaissance and Mannerism.
The second lecture will be about the High Renaissance and Mannerism, focusing on the crystallisation of so many ideas and the later rejection of many of them.

Bookings: 07 4046 4888 / programs@cairnsregionalgallery.com.au

"Emerging Contemporaries" at the Cairns Regional Gallery

Here are some photos from a group exhibition that opened on Saturday at the Cairns Regional Gallery. I had four paintings in the show. It's on until the 1st of March in Cairns, North Queensland.
http://www.cairnsregionalgallery.com.au/exhibitions.html

Finalist in the AME Bale Travelling Scholarship

I recently had four paintings and two drawings selected and exhibited as part of the AME Bale Travelling Scholarship exhibition in Melbourne. I was a finalist in the scholarship category as well the seperate drawing and painting categories. I flew down to Melbourne for the opening and it was a great night. Here are some photos of the selected works. Apologies for the low resolution of a couple of the photos, I'll post better ones once they're taken.

New Drawing

Here's a recent drawing I did of my sister-in -law Sneha, while I was in India. 

It's graphite and white chalk on toned paper.

Highly Commended in the Black Swan Portrait Prize.

My portrait of David Goebel recently won the Highly Commended Award in the prestigious 

Black Swan Prize in Perth.  Here's a link to their website-

 http://www.blackswanprize.com.au/portraiture_prize/winners/2014.phtml

Vote for my painting in the People's Choice Award

My painting 'Self portrait with fur collar' is a finalist in the Shirley Hannan National Portrait
 Award in Australia.

You can vote for it online in the People's Choice Award at this link-https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/CwBWUY

My painting is at the top of the page when you go there. 

I would appreciate your vote and please share this with your friends.

New work in progress

Oil on Linen

Finalist in the Percival Portrait Painting Prize

One of my paintings was recently selected as a finalist for the Percival Portrait Prize, an annual national competition in Townsville, Queensland. The finalist's paintings will be exhibited in the Perc Tucker Regional Gallery from the 9th of May till the 13th of July.  Here's a link to the gallery website-

 http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/facilities/galleries/Pages/XstrataPercivalPortraitAward.aspx

Portrait Workshops

I recently taught a 3 day portrait painting workshop at my home in Cairns, Australia. 

I thoroughly enjoyed working with the group I had;

 they all produced some great work and I look forward to doing it again soon.

Here's a photo; that's me on the right in the red shirt.

I'll also be teaching a 5 day portrait workshop between the 21st to the 25th of July as part of ArtEscape, the most prominent Art teaching event of North Queensland. 

It's sure to be a great week of learning in a beautiful rainforest environment, so if you're interested please contact the ArtEscape team for bookings.

ArtEscape Cairns website

Finalist in Benalla Nude Art Prize

'Dancer' 19 x 28 inches, Oil on Linen

Benalla Art Gallery

Finalist in Drawing Prize

I was recently selected as a finalist in the Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing in Sydney for my drawing 'Discobolus'. 

For those in Sydney, the exhibition is on now at the Adelaide Perry Gallery, corner Hennessy and College Streets, Croydon, Sydney until the 28th of March. 

Link to the gallery website

Portrait of George

Painted last year in New York. Oil on Linen, 12 x 14 inches

Stanthorpe Art Prize

My painting Still Life with Conch has recently been selected as a finalist for the 2014 Stanthorpe Art Prize in Stanthorpe, South East Queensland. The exhibition will run from the 28th of February until the 13th of April at the Stanthorpe Regional Gallery.

4 Hour Portrait Sketches

As the title of this post suggests, here are a couple of recent portrait sketches, each done in about 4 hours.

 Dylan, Oil on Linen on Board, 8 x 10 inches

Steel, Oil on Linen on Board, 8 x 10 inches

Works on Paper Exhibition

I currently have two portrait drawings in a group exhibition in Cairns, Australia at the Tanks Arts Centre. 

The exhibition is titled "Paper- Works on and of" and runs until the 18th of December.

 Andre,

 Graphite on Paper 8 x 10 inches

 Melissa,

 Graphite on Paper 8 x 10 inches

Here is a link to the Tanks website

http://www.tanksartscentre.com/home/inner.asp?PageID=87

Drawing for a Self Portrait

To be transferred for an oil painting.

Graphite on toned paper, 8 x 10 inches

Exhibition and an Interview

I'm currently part of a small group exhibition as part of International Men's Day entitled 'I am Man'. The exhibition is at Cell Art Space in Cairns, Australia and runs until the 30th of November. I have two paintings in the show, pictured below.

I was also interviewed about my work and artistic practice. You can read the interview at this link-

http://cellartspace.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/q5-with-andrew-bonneau.html