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An Unaffected, Sincere Disposition
Paul Little by Julius Killerby. Oil on canvas. Archibald Prize finalist.
Paul Little is a well-known Australian businessman and the recently retired chairman of the Essendon Football Club.
I met Paul through a mutual friend. I have always been an Essendon supporter and jumped at the opportunity to paint his portrait. In the weeks preceding our sitting, I researched Paul's career and came to respect him for his active work in philanthropy too, most notably through The Little Foundation.
He seemed to me to possess an unaffected, sincere disposition; the kind of man who would never smile for its own sake. I attempted to convey this through the application of rigid and impasto brush strokes, underlying his resoluteness. In addition, I cropped the composition tightly and heightened the contrast between the two sides of his face to intensify his gaze, says Killerby.
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia (Monday 31 July 2017)
An Unaffected, Sincere Disposition
Paul Little by Julius Killerby. Oil on canvas. Archibald Prize finalist.
Paul Little is a well-known Australian businessman and the recently retired chairman of the Essendon Football Club.
I met Paul through a mutual friend. I have always been an Essendon supporter and jumped at the opportunity to paint his portrait. In the weeks preceding our sitting, I researched Paul's career and came to respect him for his active work in philanthropy too, most notably through The Little Foundation.
He seemed to me to possess an unaffected, sincere disposition; the kind of man who would never smile for its own sake. I attempted to convey this through the application of rigid and impasto brush strokes, underlying his resoluteness. In addition, I cropped the composition tightly and heightened the contrast between the two sides of his face to intensify his gaze, says Killerby.
Archibald Prize Exhibition, Art Gallery NSW, Sydney, Australia (Monday 31 July 2017)