Unpopular Paperback 8

The Unpopular Penguins I’ve been creating for the last few years are generally laborious to make - built up of around ten layers of paint, heavily textured. I wanted to create faster, fresher, more spontaneous works, and this is the result. Thinner layers, often transparent, on paper. Energetic and bright.

The paper is high quality, Saunders Waterford 300gm, 100% cotton, acid free. It can be framed with a mount, but ideally I think it would look best with the edges of the paper visible. Talk to your framer!

The artwork will be shipped flat, between thick boards.

I’m looking forward to creating more works in this series, experimenting with colours, compositions and layering.

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Painter from the Blue Mountains. I've had paintings in the Sulman Prize 2012‚ Mosman Prize 2012‚ Calleen Art Prize 2013‚ Gallipoli Art Prize 2014 & 2016, Gosford Art Prize 2018 & 2018, the ANL Maritime Art Prize 2018 and the 2019 Hawkesbury Art Prize (winner). In the last nine years I've had a lot of success with abstract paintings, drawing inspiration from the covers of 'Popular Penguin' paperback books, from the classic Monopoly board, Uno cards, and other pop culture icons. The paintings are distorted representations of the subject matter, transformed with thick brushstrokes and often random lettering, retaining the essence of the original but also becoming something new. I have had sell out shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Singapore. My art has been featured in Art Edit magazine, The Grand Designs Australia Sourcebook and the Financial Review. PLEASE NOTE - commissions now closed for 2024. Thank you!