So I have taken my latest portrait into the Archibald Prize competition. It is a portrait of the Australian tenor Stuart Skelton.
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"I'll marry Ellen": portrait of Stuart Skelton. |
I saw Stuart an unforgettable
Peter Grimes (that's where
the words on the painting come from) in London at the Coliseum. Stuart
is a big fellow and had no difficulty hoisting the young fisherman's
apprentice onto his shoulders when the script required. I heard later
that the tenor the following week did not find it so easy. Both portrait and the studies I made in preparation are on
www.artsmitten.com
It's a fabulous portrait and great to be able to view the prepatory drawings too. All the best.
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