Tag: Contemporary Australian Artists
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Exploring a Breakaway Moment in my Art
I painted these little 16×20 inch oil paintings on canvas boards around 2005-6. They bring back memories of a small group of enthusiastic students working together in the garage studio of Melbourne artist Peter Smales. Peter could put down strokes so quickly and confidently bringing just enough definition and movement to a work. With his…
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Artist in the spotlight: Jenny Watson – don’t fence me in
Initially the composition of this painting unsettled me; too much fence not enough dog. I spent a good deal of time contemplating before I realised that the placement of the dog is a key to understanding the work. Cyclone Fence with Great Dane is an ambitious early work by Australian artist Jenny Watson completed in…
ART by Jude Tulloch 