Sydney based artist - Evan Shipard

Evan Shipard · 03-18-2009, 08:44 AM

This place looks like a wealth of talent and knowledge. I am a Scholarship winner at the Julian Ashton Art School based in Sydney Australia.

Mary Sparrow · 03-18-2009, 08:55 AM

Hi Evan... and welcome!.

Steven Sweeney · 03-18-2009, 04:00 PM

Greetings, Evan,

I had the extreme pleasure of living in Sydney for almost 3 years, and have since returned for visits with fast-made friends in Oz. I joined a plein air painting group to learn my way around the harbour and city, and wound up sufficiently enamored of painting that I went on to get training in the U.S. much like that offered through the Julian Ashton School, which I've visited, though I wasn't able at the time to take classes there. I was so impressed by so much engaging art in Australia, and I traveled to Canberra and Melbourne as well to visit the state and national galleries.

From the samples of your work here and on your site, I predict you will be getting a lot of eager enquiries about your methods and practices. Dig back into some of the threads. There's enough in the archives to keep you reading for many dozens of hours. Go to the main site (www.portraitartist.com) for more news and images of hundreds of exemplary portraits.

Cheers

Terri Ficenec · 03-19-2009, 02:31 AM

Welcome Evan

Evan Shipard · 03-20-2009, 01:38 AM

cheers,
and thanks for the kind words Steven. Its a big forum and I am just starting to get my head around it.

Alexandra Tyng · 03-20-2009, 12:45 PM

Evan, welcome to the forum! The work you posted is beautiful and I hope to see more of it.

Chris Saper · 03-20-2009, 06:23 PM

Dear Evan,

This is a lovely piece, welcome!

Claudemir Bonfim · 03-23-2009, 06:09 PM

Really nice work.

Welcome to the forum.

Jennifer Bogartz · 05-11-2009, 08:21 PM

Welcome to the forum, Evan.