SYLVIE CARTER
Fine Artist
Category: Portrait
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The Lego Master, Oil on Linen, 61 x 61cm There are people who move through the world quietly, leaving wonder in their wake. Bob my father in law is one of them. At ninety years old, Bob has mastered an art form that most would never think to take seriously, and that is precisely what…
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Portrait of Gold Medal Paralympian Timonthy Hodge OAM I first met Tim Hodge OAM, at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre which is the same pool he competed in, at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He had earlier won two gold medals and a silver medal in the Paris 2024 Paralympics. I was immediately impressed with how authentically…
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Portrait of Keith Botterill, Oil on Board 61cm x 61cm My portrait of the young NX42191 Private (Pte) Keith Botterill, of the 2/19th Infantry Battalion, honours the memory also of VX52128 Gunner (Gnr) Albert Neil Cleary (‘Aka Neil’) of the 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Out of 2,428 allied prisoners of war, Keith Botterill…
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READ ON if you want to discover this rather strange and unique story about my now missing portrait. It was going to be my entry in the 2024 Archibald Art Prize along with a number of portrait exhibition opportunities. No More Mysteriously my portrait of the beautiful and amazing “Victoria Pearce” 1270 x 1270mm Oil…
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Oil on Board, W 95cm x H 60cm. Excited as my portrait of my late father’s first cousin, F/O James Joseph Battle and his co-pilot F/O Alfred Campbell Briant has been selected in the Gallipoli Art Prize 2024. I was inspired to capture the spirit of loyalty, respect, love of country, courage and comradeship shown…
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In my portrait of Joe, I explore the underlying theme of chance. I endeavored to capture his spirit and character forged in part from his difficult childhood. I wanted to show his relaxed demeanor, inner strength and passion for acting by providing a visual coherence between his past, present and future.
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Margaret Brandman is the accomplished Australian pianist and recording artist, accredited piano teacher, award-winning composer, arranger, and music educator. In her portrait, I aimed to capture her energy ‘grooving’ to one of her many engaging Latin-American rhythmical compositions
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Finalist in the Gallipoli Art Prize 2023. “Ernest Albert Corey, originally from Numeralla, was one of the most decorated men of World War 1 and the only soldier in the British Commonwealth to be awarded the Military Medal four times.”
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I am excited to be soon be convening a new untutored workgroup with the Art Society of Canberra (‘ASOC’). ‘Life Drawing and Painting Portraits’ on Mondays between 1.30pm – 4.30pm. at Studio D, M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent in Griffith Canberra. If you are an artist and interested it’s easy to register. Simply email me…
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It has been a long journey, preparing, researching, then painting, framing and now delivering my small painting ‘Surveyors of Merauke’ into the Gallipoli Art Prize 2022. I reckon if my Dad and his mates were still alive, they would be happy to have a slice of their story during WWII caught in my painting.
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I painted the portrait of my late father with his team of surveyors in Merauke, PNG during WWII, aiming to capture the essence of their spirit of loyalty, courage and comradeship during a difficult period in history.
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Just finished my portrait of Caroline Deeble. My challenge was to create an authentic representation of an artist at a critical time in their journey, making decisions for an upcoming exhibition…
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How fascinating to meet and paint the portrait of Captain Jim Paterson. I highly recommend, when lockdown is over getting aboard the ‘Cygnet’ tour for a relaxing cruise and to hear the stories of Canberra.
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Preliminary sketch of one of my current portrait subjects. It is amazing though how much thinking goes into a portrait, for example I started planning for one of my portrait projects early in 2021 and only last week, after the Zoom shoot and about four days of sketching and going through hundreds of images and…
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In his portrait, I endeavoured to capture his look of sheer concentration and determination and then skillfully, using quick bold strokes how he allows the watercolour to do its thing.