Andrew Bonneau, David wearing yukata 2014, oil on linen.
Recent Paintings and Drawings exhibition install, Cairns Regional Gallery. Photo: Michael Marzik.
Andrew Bonneau, Portrait of Leticia 2014, oil on linen.
Andrew Bonneau is a young emerging artist who lives and works in Cairns. Since his studies at the National Art School in Sydney, the Charlie Sheard Studio School and the Julian Ashton Art School, Bonneau has focussed on portraiture and figure painting.
For Bonneau, a portrait is the most interesting and challenging subject. Similar to portraits of the Renaissance period, Bonneau’s painted figures with their classical poses and subtle use of light and shadow embody much of a classical realist tradition.
Image: Andrew Bonneau, Self Portrait with Fur Collar 2015, oil on linen.