My painting of Fiona Lowry is mentioned in SMH Spectrum Arts article by John McDonald – ‘Susan O’Doherty’s Fiona Lowry with Red Cushion is an apparently straight forward likeness that offers up its complexities in a gradual fashion. The artist’s use of solid planes of contracting and complementary colour is trickier than it seems. So too is the contrast between the sitter’s neat black jacket and her translucent, striped skirt, in which her legs give the impression she could be sitting or standing. Such awkwardness can detract from a picture but here it seems appropriate to the four-square nature of the image.’
For full review follow the link below
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/times-have-changed-an-art-prize-for-women-feels-increasingly-quaint-20220926-p5bl45.html