| MARY TONKIN BORN VICTORIA 1973 VICTORIA |
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Mary was awarded Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons.) in 1995 at Monash University and has since lectured there in drawing. She has exhibited with groups in Melbourne and Sydney and twice won the National Gallery of Victoria Trustees' Award, as well as other prizes. She is represented in the National Gallery of Victoria (Development Collection), the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and various private collections throughout Australia. "I paint portraits because I love people and I need to paint. "I want my portraits to embody the simple human truth of the subject, I want to paint portraits which go beyond mere mimetic representation of social status or stature, portraits which are imbued with all that is essentially human, the strengths and weaknesses, dreams and desires of each individual character. "Ultimately my portraits are about my sitter, myself and our interaction during the process of painting. This close interaction affords the insight into, and the experience of the person I am painting and that I wish to share with the viewer. I want to enfold the viewer, to convey through paint an experience of the sitter that is as real and tangible as my own. "My portrait Peter is of my good friend Peter Bonner, 'PB'." MARY TONKIN
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 Peter OIL ON CANVAS 153 x 122 cm | |
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