Darling Portrait Prize Finalist
This self-portrait contemplates life as a contemporary woman artist of mixed cultural identity, and the ongoing quest to explore ideas, channel creative energy, and balance art in life. The work also reflects a love of colour, textiles and fashion, and interest in translating imagery into wearable art forms. The studio spirits are part-inspired by various creatures and shape-shifters from mythic, supernatural and sci-fi tales, re-imagined to appear as unconventional guardian figures and talismans. The connecting of the earthly self with other-worldly figures aims to represent positive, hybrid visions, for current and future times.
The Darling Prize is a new annual prize for Australian portrait painters, painting Australian sitters. The winner receives a cash prize of $75,000.
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