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Friendship’s rhyme and reason

Poetic trio

Supporters

2012-13 Acquisition Fund

The Circle of Friends Acquisition Fund for 2012 was dedicated to purchasing a portrait of David Malouf by Rick Amor.

Robin Eley

Robin Eley studied Fine Arts at Westmont College, USA and began his career as a professional illustrator. Eley was a finalist in the Eutick Memorial Still Life Prize in 2010 and his work was Highly Commended in the Doug Moran Portrait Prize in 2010 and 2011.

2015-17 Acquisition Fund

From 2015 to 2017 the Acquisition Fund was focussed on Reg Richardson AM by Mitch Cairns, a finalist in the Archibald Prize 2014, and a great example of minimalist portraiture.

Donors

Skin names

The first row of paintings depict stories relating to kinship, introducing significant women relatives.

Portrait Donors

Zhang Xiaogang

Born 1958, Kunming, Yunnan Province. Lives and works in Beijing.

2023 Annual Appeal

In 2023 the Annual Appeal was focussed on a work by one of Australia's best loved and most successful portrait painters, Judy Cassab AO CBE, depicting model, entrepreneur and deportment icon, June Dally-Watkins OAM.

Some prime ministers

Sarah Engledow explores the history of the prime ministers and artists featured in the exhibition.

Graeme Drendel

I like talking about Drendel’s pictures as if they expressed dreams of my own.