39. Luna Waxing Over Apollo

By Evan Shipard

Medium: Oil

Year Completed: 2024

Size: 102cm by 82cm

General Information: On display in the Christmas at Riparian Show

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About the Artist

A classically trained artist, Evan has honed his craft for more than twenty years within the dynamic landscape of the film and entertainment industries around the world. Concerned with history, mythology, beauty, and the human condition his artistic vision is a testament to his dedication to evoke drama and mood, crafted with an eye for detail and draftsmanship. Inspired by the luminous brushstrokes of the Australian Impressionists, Evan strives to capture the essence of light and emotion in his work, carrying on their legacy with passion and skill. Exploring various traditional media including oil painting, drawing and print making he develops his work in his studio south of Sydney and en plein air in the landscapes that inspire.

Exhibitions

2024

Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award Finalist
Lethbridge Landscape Prize Finalist
Project Gallery 90 - Sydney Affordable Art Fair
‘Force of Nature’ Printmakers gallery
‘Take a Seat’ group exhibit Project Gallery 90
‘Echoes of the Wingecarribee’ Solo show Whitewall Art Projects
‘In the flesh’ group exhibit Project Gallery 90
Primordial Landscapes group exhibit Whitewall Art Projects
2023 Lethbridge Gallery - Sydney Affordable Art Fair
‘Into the Light’ Whitewall Projects Prize Finalist and Highly Commended

2023

‘Something Sicilian’ Group Show Project Gallery 90

BDAS Wingecarribee Landscape Prize Finalist Highly Commended

Autumn Group Exhibit Whitewall Art Projects Gallery

‘Shucked’ Group Show Project Gallery 90

‘Bare’ Group Show Project Gallery 90

Harold & Agnes Richardson Drawing Prize finalist RQAS

2022

A.M.E Bale Traveling Scholarship finalist

Guest Judge John Cope Portrait Prize BDAS

Printmaking exhibition ‘Memory’

Goodspace group show.

2021

Semi Finalist Doug Moran National Portrait Prize

2020

Sth Sth King Street End of Year Show

2019

BDAS Gala Evening Celebrity Portrait Reveal

Southern Buoy Studios Portrait Show

Hunters Hill Art Exhibition

2018

Noir Group Show, Gallery 371

Waverley Woollahra 9x5 Landscape Finalist Exhibition

A.M.E Bale Prize Finalist Exhibition

2nd Anniversary Group Show, Gallery 371

John Copes Portrait Prize- 1st Prize.

2017

Canvas Bar RAW- Winner

2013

Salon de Refuses selection Black Swan Prize

2012

A.M.E Bale Prize for Traditional Realism and Figurative Art, Winner- oil painting.

BDAS Still Life Prize finalist

Lethbridge 10000 finalist

Hunters Hill Art Exhibition Finalist, "Highly Commended”

2009

Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition

Low Key at The Post

2008

Julian Ashton Art School Student and Teachers Exhibition

Julian Ashton Art School Nine by Five Inches Exhibition

Sydney Mechanics School of Arts Competition 

Collections

Julian Ashton Art School

Sydney Mechanics School of Arts

Various private collections

Art Education

2022 - 23 Printmaking at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery

2019 Steven Assael Master Colour Workshop BACAA

2018 Rome Art Workshops

2011 Illustration Masterclass, Amherst University MAS USA

2009 Diploma of Fine Art, Julian Ashton Art School

2009 Julian Ashton Art School winner Portrait Artists Australia Scholarship

2008 Julian Ashton Art School

2008 Illustration Masterclass Amherst University MAS USA

2007 - 8 Friends of National Art School member

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