Portraits
Capturing the essence of someone in paint is one of Knight’s favourite adventures. Digging deeper than a photographic likeness, a portrait can evolve over several sittings and allows the artist his own response to mood and personality. This is a selection from the archives.
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Graham
NOT FOR SALE 40 x 30cm, oil on canvas, 2000. Kept in Knight's own collection, this vibrant little portrait is of a long-term friend whose generous donation of time for sittings gives Knight a regular subject for experimentation. Exhibited: Perth,...
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Painting the Somali Sun
FOR SALE - $4500 107 x 112cm, oil on canvas, 2010. "This is a colleague who worked with me teaching art at a supported residence in Melbourne. The art project that day was for everyone to paint something meaningful to them from their childhood. Despite moving to another country, there was...
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Lighting Up
FOR SALE - $3900 101 x 81cm, oil on canvas, 2010. Exhibited: Melbourne and Sydney,...
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Man with Shrek Doll
FOR SALE - $2500 71 x 56cm, oil on canvas, 2010. For several years Knight taught art to people with mental illness and this is another in his series of characters with stories to tell. Exhibited: Melbourne and Sydney,...
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The Bright Blessed Day
FOR SALE - $2500 91 x 71cm, oil on canvas, 2010. "The song playing was ‘It’s a Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong. Watching the faces around me during a nursing home singing session I saw in this lady simple joy and the steady contemplation of one who doesn’t question her place; a serene...
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Eddy
FOR SALE - $1100 Knight met this former boxer in a residence for people with mental illness and was intrigued by the story in his face. 35 x 35cm, oil on canvas, 2010. Exhibited: Melbourne and Sydney,...
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