Artist:
Dr. K Phelps
Thuan is an old friend and the least self-conscious person I know. I asked if I could paint a portrait of him when previously I have done many paintings of animals. This is my first human portrait and I had to keep reminding myself that humans are animals too. His hair was inspired by the feathers I painted on a penguin recently, while parts had different animal inspirations. I now wonder why I hadn't created portraits of people before. My style bears some relationship to post-impressionism, since I use saturated colours and create images largely through textures such as Pointillism.
Acknowledgment of traditional owners.
We would like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land on which our building stands, their leaders, past, present and emerging.