Chairman Mao after he graduated from the China
Jenny Pihan Fine Art
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art & Craft Academy, Beijing, among numerous
others over his career.
Why not commission a portrait painting?
30 MAY 8 JUNE
Hong's portrait of Dr Joseph Brown
Occasionally an artist represented
Opening Night: Friday 30 May,
is the 50th portrait to be painted of
by a fine art dealership gets a
Dr Brown and is one of 40 works
professional break which oddly
6pm at the Frankston Gallery
to be selected to hang in the 2008
appears to catapult them swiftly
Archibald Prize at the N.S.W. State
from obscurity to public fame, and
Gallery, later to tour to the Bendigo
even more oddly the Archibald
PAUL MARGOCSY
Regional Gallery.
Prize for portraiture seems to
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stand alone in its ability to have
"Clients across a broad stratum
this catalyzing effect on art careers,
"Away with the Birds..."
of society are now seeking to
both of artist and gallery dealership.
commission a portrait as an
Sat 5 July, 11am 4pm
heirloom, as a remembrance of
Of course behind the scenes there
at the Frankston Gallery
a significant someone, for the
rarely is complete obscurity, given
boardroom or as part of a cultural
that professional artists have put
collection portraiture is no longer elitist." director
in the hard slog to learn their practical craft over
TWENTY MELBOURNE PAINTERS
Jenny Pihan says.
many years of honing perceptions and skills,
studying formally or otherwise, and having an
The gallery specializes in commissions across the
SOCIETY INC.
established buyer client base to give credibility to
broad range of its stable artists and their respective
90th Birthday Exhibition 1918 2008
the artist's statement and intellectual proclivity.
disciplines, so it is now possible to choose your
favorite artist to paint a unique picture just for you...
Fu Hong, longtime represented by Jenny Pihan
@ Glen Eira City Council Gallery
so just drop in to the gallery or give them a call and
Fine Art, is one such case in point. Despite having
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experience the friendly and knowledgeable service.
a fairly high profile nationally and internationally,
and having won the 2002 Shirley Hannan National
Opening Gala Ticketed Evening
It is worth scribing a note in your diary that the
Portrait Award, and being a finalist in the 1996 Doug
Twenty Melbourne Painters Society Inc opens
Tuesday 22 July in aid of Variety the
Moran Portrait Prize and the 2004 Dobell Prize for
at Glen Eira City Council Gallery from July 23 to
Drawing, he had never cracked the glass ceiling of
Children's Charity
August 3 and on Tuesday July 22 at 6.30pm a
the Archibald Prize until this year now his name
gala ticketed fundraising evening and raffle (of
will have a different ring with the art cognoscenti.
a Joseph Zbukvic painting) will be held in aid of
"Variety the Children's Charity...bookings are
He is not new to the odious challenge of painting
JENNY PIHAN FINE ART
essential. For more information call Jenny Pihan
portraits of "important" people, having been
Frankston | 368 Nepean Highway Tel: 03 9770 5354
commissioned to paint the portrait of the late
Sorrento | L1, 26 Ocean Beach Road Tel: 03 5984 5457
Art of the Ancients,
featuring Linda Simpson
and others, 30th May
- 30th June at Cheryl
Petersen Gallery. This
fabulous presentation
is not your traditional
"Egyptian" but her
own take on Egyptian
mythology, colourful semi-
abstract and each piece
complete with a story
explaining the painting.
Also don't miss the Mayan
solid bronze sculptures by
Greg Packer.
Exhibitions
3rd May - 29th May Behind the Lens
31st May - 26th June With Soul
5th July - 31st July Members Exhibition
Oak Hill Gallery Where art takes flight
