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