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PEN & INK DRAWING - THREE SKETCHES STANDING FEMALE FIGURE BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN

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2022

Overview

Rectangle sheet of white paper, three ink and ink wash black and white life sketches done landscape style of a female standing andwearing a mask. Left drawing full figure, front on with right arm bent over top of head and left foot forward. Mask over nose, mouth and chin. Right sketch full figure, front on, both arms raised and bent over head, left leg crossed in front of right leg, has a mask over chin, mouth and nose. Third sketch top half of figure, right arm raised and bent towards head.
Date written bottom right corner [8-MAR-2022] over artists signature in pencil.

Historical information

Ink and ink wash still life drawing of a naked female figure by Stephen O'Brien completed on 8 March 2022. In 2022 Western Australia was being impacted by a number of health measures to restrict the spread of the COVID-19 virus in the state.
During February 2022 COVID-19 was slowing spreading through the Western Australian community. State Government mandatory indoor masking and social distancing measures were in place and impacted a everyday life. On 3 March Western Australia opened up to the rest of the country. The wearing of masks remained mandatiry through to 29 April when it was lifted.
The Armadale Life Drawing Group, a part of the Armadale Society of Artists, who Stephen was a member off, met on 8 March 2022 at a hall located at Dale Cottages. All participating artists and the model were required by law to wear a mask when in-doors. This meant the model who normally would be naked was wearing a mask.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2022.36

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

267 mm

Height or length

222 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[Stephen O'Brien]

Keywords

Armadale Life Drawing Group

Armadale Society of Artists

Year

Statement of significance

This object is part of a collection of items that tells the story of the creativity and ingenuity of members of the local community in relation to art, design and engineering/construction. The collection relates to expressions of creativity that impacted an individual or small group of people to objects that have been enjoyed around the world.

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