HIDDEN FACES
The 2020 Victorian Salon des Refusés
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Cat #24 Kerry Smith-Taughkin
ALI OETJEN Acrylic on Linen Canvas 76 cm h x 102 cm w $3,600 Artist’s Statement This is Ali Oetjen. Ali is a Healthy Lifestyle Advocate and TV personality, best remembered as the “Australian Bachelorette 2018". Consequently, Ali is featured here with a symbolic Rose Regal headdress, but instead of red roses, I have depicted colors according to her Numerology. Ali is a Boxing exercise coach and has written a Healthy Eating Cookbook, hence her gloves represent both Boxing and Oven mitts, with a modern take on 1950s glamour. We met at a Yoga retreat and I found Ali to be a great sport, easy company, astute and very dedicated to whatever she puts her mind to. This portrait was submitted to the Darling Portrait Prize. click on artwork to enlarge |