Peter Smeeth – Black Swan FINALIST

Congratulations to KAB Gallery artist Peter Smeeth who has been announced as a 2015 FINALIST in the prestigious Black Swan Portraiture Prize! 40 artworks by Australia’s finest portraiture artists have been chosen for display in Perth, Western Australia from 24th September – 4th October, 2015, with artists competing for the prestigious $50,000 Lester Group Prize.

“Tony is a life model at my local drawing group and this painting was done from live sittings and photographs in my studio and backyard. I have sketched him many times and this portrait is one of 5 completed paintings of Tony that I have done over the past 2 years.

Tony is a Stonemason, a Landscape Gardener and an excellent model at life drawing sessions, being statuesque at 2 meters tall and having well defined musculature.

I felt compelled to paint him because of his rugged face and furrowed brow reminiscent of a subject in a Caravaggio or Velazquez painting.”

The 2015 Black Swan Prize for Portraiture exhibition will be held from September 24th – October 4th in the heart of Perth, Western Australia. 40 artworks by Australia’s finest portrait artists will be on display. The exhibition also features artworks by outstanding young and disadvantaged artist