Self Portrait with DALE FRANK

Many years ago when holidaying with my daughter and her young family in Sydney I caught up with exhibitions at the Art Gallery of NSW and i loved this image i took of my reflection in a Dale Frank painting. loved the painting/assemblage.

The image, to me, speaks of a self portrait - artist looking and admiring the art. I usually walk through the gallery room quickly, scanning each one as i move through and then return to the ones that speak to me. This artwork was one of them - the image itself that you see here made an impression upon me once i got home and downloaded all the holiday photos.

this other one is more like the day to day snapshot that is taken ... its still a self portrait but much less emphatic or meaningful, i think. It kind of tells all whilst the one above is mysterious and encapsulates the premise of 'self portrait with Dale Frank'.

Whilst revisiting this memory I realise, in retrospect, i was drawn very much to this piece as i was experimenting with resin paintings at the time. 

Below is how the image was presented by the Art Gallery of NSW . More info on the artwork in the gallery here.

Love the title "Ambition 25 + regrets 10 + death 21 = 56" (2014)


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