Posts by Leonie Andrews

I am an artist of the landscape of common objects. Discarded items and suburban life fuel my art practice.

August 30, 2011March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

Drawings 10-11 August

Here are the demolition drawings from two weeks ago. I’m having some trouble with the site which will hopefully be fixed soon.

August 9, 2011March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

Portrait Gallery 9 August

Continuing to be inspired by Betty Churcher’s Notebooks I did some drawing at the National Portrait Gallery today. The staff are happy to welcome people drawing in the gallery – their policy is drawing with pencil only.

The two portraits I chose to draw were both photographs. The composition in both was fantastic and having done some drawing I realise that there is planty more to be looked at in both. Hopefully they will still be hanging when I return.

Olive Cotton’s double portratit of herself and her then husband Max Dupain plays on many level. Cotton’s shadow covers the sun-baking Dupain. While Dupain’s torso is obvious it took a while to notice the white sunglasses on his face which is in Cotton’s shadow.

Lewis Morley’s self portrait, includes a second figure who remains un-identified. They are reflected in a mirror (?) lying down an old shaft. On the wall while some of the elements of this image are clear others, including the actual size of the object reflecting Morley remain ambiguous.

Olive Cotton – The Photographer’s Shadow, c. 1935 (printed 1999). Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Purchased 2010

Lewis Morley – Self Portrait in Reflection, 1973. Collection: National Portrait Gallery, Canberra Gift of the artist 2003 Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program

August 8, 2011March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

Demolition Drawings 3 to 5 August

Here are three more drawings – what is left of the building is part of the ground floor and basement.

August 3, 2011March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

Demolition Drawings 27-29 July

There will not be many more demolition drawings as the building is now largely down to ground level.

Having run out of images that attract me I resort to drawing the machinery.

July 25, 2011March 10, 2013 by Leonie Andrews

Demolition Drawings 20-22 July

I’ve been making this weeks’ drawing on a piece of calligraphy paper, a long section cut from a wider piece. I had it with me last time I went to Megalo to print so the paper ended up with some monoprints and colour-test marks on it.