Popular Australian indigenous actress Deborah Mailman's portrait by famous artist Evert Ploej, Australian Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. This portrait was the "People's choice" at the 1999 Archibald prize competition
This portrait by Evert Ploej done in oil on jute in 1989 was an Archibald prize finalist. Evert Ploeg (pronounced Ay-vert Plough; born 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is one of Australia's most highly regarded portrait painters, who has won a range of painting prizes, such as the 1999 and 2007 Archibald Prize (Category: People’s Choice) and was awarded the highly coveted ‘Signature Status’ of The Portrait Society of America. Working in a tonal realist style (mostly in oil), Ploeg’s pictures bespeak an approach to portraiture that is inspired by documentary methods. Putting emphasis on visually encoding a personal narrative in any given portrait, he builds connection to his subjects through conversation and extended observation both during their sitting as well as in their engagements outside of the atelier. 57337
Popular Australian indigenous actress Deborah Mailman's portrait by famous artist Evert Ploej, Australian Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. This portrait was the "People's choice" at the 1999 Archibald prize competition
This portrait by Evert Ploej done in oil on jute in 1989 was an Archibald prize finalist. Evert Ploeg (pronounced Ay-vert Plough; born 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is one of Australia's most highly regarded portrait painters, who has won a range of painting prizes, such as the 1999 and 2007 Archibald Prize (Category: People’s Choice) and was awarded the highly coveted ‘Signature Status’ of The Portrait Society of America. Working in a tonal realist style (mostly in oil), Ploeg’s pictures bespeak an approach to portraiture that is inspired by documentary methods. Putting emphasis on visually encoding a personal narrative in any given portrait, he builds connection to his subjects through conversation and extended observation both during their sitting as well as in their engagements outside of the atelier. 57337