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Une Femme Amoureuse, Self portrait as Mireille Mathieu, 2022

Yvette Coppersmith

Darling Portrait Prize 2022 Finalist

Une Femme Amoureuse, Self portrait as Mireille Mathieu, 2022

Cultural influences shape my aesthetic, both remembered and unconscious, and these are revealed through the process of painting. They help me to locate myself, and to connect my internal and external selves. French singer Mireille Mathieu's career began in 1965 and she is still performing today. Her song, Une Femme Amoureuse, was part of the soundtrack of my childhood in the 1980s. This self portrait is a reference to the era in which I grew up, the spirit of the music, and Mathieu's iconic haircut.

Darling Portrait Prize 2022
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Une Femme Amoureuse, Self portrait as Mireille Mathieu, 2022 Yvette Coppersmith
Une Femme Amoureuse, Self portrait as Mireille Mathieu, 2022 Yvette Coppersmith
Une Femme Amoureuse, Self portrait as Mireille Mathieu, 2022 Yvette Coppersmith
Une Femme Amoureuse, Self portrait as Mireille Mathieu, 2022 Yvette Coppersmith

You, looking at me

Magazine article by Elspeth Pitt, 2022

Elspeth Pitt chats with Archibald Prize-winning artist Yvette Coppersmith about performance, coincidences and the intersection of art and life.
2020, 2021 Jaq Grantford
2020, 2021 Jaq Grantford
2020, 2021 Jaq Grantford
2020, 2021 Jaq Grantford

Darling Portrait Prize 2022

Previous exhibition, 2022

The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015). The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
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