Philip Holmes - Jacqueline Conté on board - 34 x 23 cm - $8,500
Philip Holmes - Zara Puru Oil & conté on board - 34 x 23 cm - $12,500
Holmes has long been acknowledged as one of New Zealand’s finest portrait painters. Working in conté and oil, Holmes combines traditional European painting techniques with new world subject matter. The hei-tiki worn by full-featured Delphine and Zara Puru, was carved by the artist over thirty years ago. In the wearing of this cultural symbol, the power and self-containment of both subjects is united. By way of contrast, the central study, Jacqueline, her fine features framed by a halo of dark curls, is reminiscent of a pre-raphaelite beauty.
Carlo Mirabasso - Oltra le memoria - Oil on panel - 50 x 70 cm - $5,500
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Jasmine Middlebrook - Three Grace - Oil on canvas - 66 x 85 cm - $12,500
Carlo Mirabasso - Attimo sublime Oil on panel - 30 x 30 cm - $2,600
Philip Holmes - Delphine - Oil & conté on board - 32 x 22 cm - $12,500
Eugenea - Remembrance - Oil on canvas - 102 x 76 cm - $12,500
Eugenea - Ballerine Lilas - Oil on canvas - 60 x 50 cm - $8,800
Carlo Mirabasso - Serena Oil on panel - 30 x 30 cm - $2,600
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