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PEN & INK DRAWING - FEMALE PORTRAIT MASKED STEPHEN O'BRIEN

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Overview

Rectangle sheet of white paper, portrait style ink and ink wash black and white life portrait drawing of a female wearing a mask. Drawing is taken from a perspective of looking down at top of head and top of face from above. Hair is tied up into two bunches, one on either side of a centre part. Right had is rested against the side of the head. A mask is covering the nose, mouth and chin.
Date written bottom left corner [19-APR-2022]
Artist signature written bottom right in pencil

Historical information

Ink and ink wash still life drawing of a naked female figure by Stephen O'Brien completed on 15 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 15 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-COA2022.34

Material

Ink

Paper

Width

212 mm

Height or length

279 mm

Inscriptions and markings

[Stephen O'Brien]

Keywords

Armadale Life Drawing Group

Armadale Society of Artists

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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