Portraiture prize..

What's not to love on a steaming hot day in the city than to seek refuge in the cool, calm, quiet of  Art Gallery WA. We went to see the Lester Prize for Portraiture which was displayed in the  'grand, classical buildings of Perth's first police complex now housing the Art Gallery of Western Australia's historical collection'. It's a little like stepping down into the past in this section of the gallery, which of course I love :) I picked five of the portraits to show but you can get an idea of them all in the poster below. I liked the way the artist above painted his friend, both students of meditation, as if he were levitating..

I particularly liked the portraits below because if you read the words they reference a major flaw in our society then and even still today unfortunately. I really hope the words are clear enough to read when you look closer. There were many that I wished I had taken closer shots of, they were brilliant,  so realistic they looked like photographs. Some people really were at the front of the queue when they gave out artist skills :) Happy Saturday, take care and stay safe..