James Drinkwater
How do you describe your artistic practice to strangers? When people ask, I always tell them that I’m a house painter – because I’m inevitably covered in paint. It’s trickier when someone probes a little further. I’m a painter-sculptor. I’m the son of schoolteachers so I saw people get up and go to work every […]
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James Drinkwater
There is a generosity to James Drinkwater’s work that lures you in.
James Drinkwater wins 2014 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship
30 year old Newcastle-based artist, James Drinkwater has won the 2014 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship for his body of work, highlighted by his painting Port de bra. As the winner, Drinkwater receives $25,000 and a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, which is administered by the Art Gallery of NSW. Seven finalists were selected from 99 […]
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