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JOSONIA (JO) PALAITIS (AUSTRALIAN, B. 1949)
Rocks on the Beach, 1988
signed and dated 'PALAITIS 88' (lower right)
watercolour on paper
14 1/8 x 19 1/4 in. (36 x 49 cm.)
Executed in 1988.
Provenance
Private Collection, Sydney.
Artists Studio St Leonards (label Verso)
Rosenwax (Mona Vale, NSW), storage label verso (Ref: 170 / 507991).
Artist's studio label verso.
Private Collection, Sydney.
(label Verso)
Lot Essay
Known primarily for her mastery of portraiture and her ability to capture the nuance of the human form, Josonia Palaitis demonstrates a different facet of her technical precision in Rocks on the Beach. Executed in 1988, this watercolour departs from the strict realism of her public commissions, opting instead for a stylized, almost architectural exploration of the Australian coastline.
Artist Bio: Josonia (Jo) Palaitis
Josonia Palaitis is a distinguished Australian contemporary artist whose career spans over five decades. She is most renowned for her high-profile portraiture, characterised by an extraordinary level of detail and psychological depth. Her work is held in prestigious national collections, including the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, which houses her notable portraits of figures such as John Howard and Glenn McGrath.
Palaitis was a frequent finalist in the Archibald Prize, winning the People’s Choice Award in 1995 for her portrait of Bill Leak. While her public reputation is anchored in oil portraiture, her private practice often explores landscape and still life through watercolour and drawing, where she applies the same rigorous observation to the natural world that she does to the human face. She continues to live and work in Sydney, maintaining a reputation as one of the country's preeminent realist painters.
- Color
- Multicolour
- Style
- Modern
- Material
- Paper
- Condition
- Good
- Dimensions (cm)
- W 77D 10H 65
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