The Percivals 2016
Townsville's sustained interest in portraiture is reflective of the genre's enduring popularity around the world. A portrait provides us with not only a physical likeness but also a window in the sitter's life, into their mind and their soul. The voyeur in each of us delights at the opportunity to peek through these windows time and again.
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Image: The Percivals 2016 Catalogue
Left: Brett Canet-Gibson, The Life of Riley [detail] 2014, digital photographic print, 90 x 60 cm
Right: Tessa McOnie, Untitled [detail] 2016, oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm
The Percivals 2016 Award Winners
Glencore Percival Portrait Painting PrizeLisa Adams Oil on canvas, 47 x 70 cm Acquired into the City of Townsville Art Collection | |
DUO Magazine Percival Photographic Portrait PrizeBrett Canet-Gibson Digital photographic print, 90 x 60 cm Acquired into the City of Townsville Art Collection | |
Townsville 150th Anniversary Portrait Painting PrizeBarbara Cheshire Oil on canvas, 153 x 102 cm | |
Townsville 150th Anniversary Photographic Portrait PrizeChrissy Maguire Archival fine art paper – photo rag, 21 x 29 cm | |
Townsville City Council People’s Choice Award - PhotographyRosana Kersh Photographic print, 120 x 80 cm | |
Glencore Percivals People’s Choice Award- PaintingTess McOnie Oil on canvas, 150 x 200 cm | |
Percival Animal Portrait PrizeHelen Caldwell Watercolour on Waterford 300gsm paper, 54 x 44 cm |