Paul Jackson - Artist Talk at Boutwell Draper Gallery

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Posted March 2010 - As part of Art Month Sydney 2010, Paul Jackson will talk about his new series of paintings at Boutwell Draper Gallery on Saturday, 27 March at 2 pm.

Many Australians will be familiar with Paul's work through the annual Archibald Prize for Portraiture at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He has been a finalist on many occasions and was awarded the People’s Choice award three times. In 2009 his portrait of the comedian Paul Livingston (aka Flacco) won the Art Gallery of New South Wales’s Packer’s Prize.


Paul's paintings present a distorted realism, utilising his considerable skills in precision painting and grisaille technique to depict imagined subjects. He uses symbolism and historical referencing to express wider concepts, such as his concern for the land and customary rights of Maori and the history of human interaction in New Zealand.