Alex Louisa - Honourable Mention - Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing 2012
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HONOURABLE MENTION
Artist: Alex Louisa
Title of the work: Still
Medium: Charcoal and chalk pastel on paper
Date of completion: September 2011
Height (cm): 88
Width (cm): 66
Sale price $: 1800
Statement:
A tribute to a tiny feathered friend, found on a walk through our garden. Beautiful even when still.
I tried some new mediums in this artwork – charcoal pencils and Pan Pastels – and fell instantly in love. The Pan Pastels meant I could add broader areas of colour, like I was painting with a brush, while the charcoal pencils allowed me to get obsessive over tiny details.