Widower

By Oliver Shepherd

Medium: Oil and gold leaf on birch

Year Completed: 2019

Size: 40cm by 50cm

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About the Artist

Awards

2022  Finalist - Gallery One Smallacombe Portraint Prize with 'On Carmine'
2022  Finalist - Lethbridge 20000, QLD
2021  Lethbridge 20000 (Finalist with 'Sanctuary/Asylum')
2021  Whitewall Art Prize (Finalist with 'Sanctuary/Asylum')
2021  Portrait of Michael Kirby acquired by Macquarie Uni to hang in their new Michael Kirby Law building, due for completion 2023.
2020  Finalist - The Lester Prize, Iconic
2020  Finalist - Kilgour Prize,The Proposal (Portrait of the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG)
2020  Finalist - Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award,The Proposal (Portrait of the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG)
2020  Finalist - Southern Buoy Studios Portrait 
2020  Finalist - Lethbridge 20000, Bohemian
2019  Finalist - The Lester Prize, The Proposal (Portrait of the Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG)
2019  Finalist - Lethbridge 20000 Art Prize,Trébuchet
2017  Finalist - Lethbridge 10000 Art Prize, Ginathon: a Recipe (Highly Commended)
2017  Finalist - Adelaide Portrait Prize, Portrait of Kate Haensel
2016  Finalist - Brisbane Art Prize,The Temporopobe
2015  Finalist (People's Choice Runner-up)- Adelaide Portrait Prize, Portrait of Olivia Hamilton-Smith2014
2015  Fellow - Royal South Australian Society of Arts (RSASA) 
2011  Associate - Royal South Australian Society of Arts (RSASA)

Exhibitions

2022  Incognito, Sydney, NSW
2021  Moments, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane QLD, Australia
2021  Incognito, Sydney, NSW
2019  Botanicals, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane QLD, Australia
2018  The Gin Bar, Lethbridge Gallery, Paddington, Brisbane QLD, Australia
2016  The Claret Collection, Honkeytonks, Canberra ACT, Australia
2012  Richards Legal Art Exhibition (Group), Richards Legal, Malvern SA, Australia
2011  Oliver Shepherd: Autumn, South Australian Living Artists Festival, Toop & Toop Gallery, Hyde Park SA, Australia
2009  First Bar upon Fringe, Adelaide Fringe Festival, First Bar at Hotel Richmond, Rundle Mall, Adelaide SA, Australia
2008  SALA Youthscape (Group), South Australian Living Artists Festival, Royal South Australian Society of Arts Gallery, North Terrace, Adelaide SA, Australia
2007  SALA, South Australian Living Artists Festival, Worldsend Hotel, Hindley Street, Adelaide SA, Australia

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