HIDDEN FACES
The 2024 Victorian Salon des Refusés
This portrait was submitted to the Doug Moran Portrait Prize and The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London.
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Cat #33 Victoria Watts
SENEX Acrylic on Belgian Linen 30 cm w x 20 cm h NFS Artist’s Statement Senex is a portrait of my Father in his mid-nineties. Born in 1915, he lived through the Great Depression and believed strongly that everyone should contribute to their community. After gaining a cheesemaking Diploma from Hawkesbury College, he worked in the dairy industry until retirement. He was tireless in his support for the local community as a Justice of the Peace, Rotarian and Chairman of the local Technical School Council. A great believer in education he was instrumental in getting a new Technical school built and was honoured by having its library named after him. |