CLIENT 2- Graham Brown - Painter & Illustrator, Portraits (Woollahra, NSW)

Graham Brown, of Sydney, has been a professional artist for more than 10 years. His work has appeared in a string of newspapers and magazines in Australia, most recently in Rolling Stone, Black & White Magazine, the (Sydney) Magazine, Men’s Style and The Sun-Herald.

Although he paints in several genres, he is best known for his vibrant and expressionistic portraiture. His recent subjects have included John Pilger, Kofi Annan, Don King, and the late Dr Victor Chang.

“I love coming back to portraiture,” Brown said. “The key is to show something about a person that hasn’t been seen before. That can be tricky when you are painting someone with a high profile because everyone has a picture inside their head of what that person looks like.”

“Personally, I look at the colour of their personality and that’s how I choose my palette. And then, once you’ve found their eyes, you have gone are a long way to uncovering what makes them unique.

“I predominantly use acrylics but some subjects lend themselves more to charcoal and pastel. Pastels offer a softness that you don’t get with paint. And a lot of clients find it flattering.

“A portrait is a great gift, especially if you want something personal, memorable and affordable. As someone once said, the most interesting surface on earth is the human face.”

He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) at COFA (UNSW) and studied at the Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney. He is also working on a children’s book about a runaway chimp called Charles.

CLIENT 1- Ricardo Alves-Ferreira - Stone & Sand Sculptor (Wonthaggi, VIC)

Ricardo’s inspiration is born of a love and passion towards ancient South American Nations. His research and personal experience as a native of Argentina fuels this interest and creates an understanding, which he translates to the canvas or the stone.

Ricardo’s journey in the arts began as early as eight years of age, studying drawing and painting, then later on crossing to sculpture and sand.

He studied fine arts and Diversional Therapy and the combination of these two subjects makes him a great consultant and workshop provider, for schools, community organizations or the corporate arena.

Ricardo’s former involvement with The Pirra Dance Ensemble provided expansive experience in prop design and construction. These items were used and displayed in many countries over the world, including USA, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru.

Today Ricardo is a member of the National Sand Sculpting Team and of The European Sand Sculpting team. Works associated to his skill are the Skoda Commercial, (Car made of sand) and many sculptures published in local and national news papers .ie: the domain supplement, Animita 2004.

Ricardo endeavors to reach his viewers with the depth and spirit of his pieces. He reaches for that that is familiar, he searches the collective memory and touches the common strands of humanity. His pieces have presence and speak of ancient, of time and place.

To quote him:"I strive for what is familiar, I reach for the roots of creativity, and I find common threads across the world, through all nations of people".

SAND PAINTINGS

SAND SCULPTURES

PROJECT 3- Site

PROJECT 2- Drawings

PROJECT 2- Model

PROJECT 2- Painting

A couple sit in their living room. He leans forward and reads the paper. She sits across the small room, looking down as she touches the piano keys with one finger. It is a scene of domestic calm in which a man and a woman are absorbed in their own thoughts and appear at ease within the confinement of their small apartment. But are they at ease? The man is intently reading, but the woman is not intently playing the piano. She is idling away time, presumably until her husband is through with the paper. It is one of those in-between moments that are more common and more characteristic of our lives than we care to acknowledge.

Mark STRAND