HIDDEN FACES
The 2025 Victorian Salon des Refusés
This portrait was submitted to the 2025 Archibald Prize
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Cat #9 Mary Larnach-Jones
PORTRAIT OF DR. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON AO UNVEILED Oil on Panel 75 cm w x 75 cm h NFS Artist’s Statement When Christian asked me to paint him, he gave me a promotional image of himself wearing a flower veil. I said I needed to see his features to make a portrait, so we agreed the veil would be drawn aside to reveal his beautiful face. The little paw, drawing the veil away from his face is a mole’s paw from the Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum, which contains many artefacts that were part of Christian’s thesis on Witchcraft and Superstition in England in Medieval times. Those who look closely will see the Southern Cross constellation, Significant to his relationship with country. |