Painter with red wine
Here is a watercolour I did one afternoon at Scrivener Street. It is signed “Estaban 10-1-92″. There were several Stephens there at the time, so I wanted to differentiate myself (as well as alluding to some kind of relationship with the Spanish language and perhaps, by extension, with Pablo Picasso, LOL). You can see the front wheels of a pair of motor bikes, and an esky with what may be a cask of red wine sitting on top of it. I’m not sure why the insect is crawling down fromthe top border. It was summer though; there would have been a fair bit of insect activity under the tree where we were painting.
I think the subject was my colleague Stephen, or perhaps his brother Tim. Judging by the hair and my vague recollection, I’d put my money on Tim.
We were doing some paintings for entry into the Canberra Times Art Exhibition, which is a public art show that runs each year during the Canberra Day festivities in March. At the time, I was very proud that my artistic integrity was not compromised by actually saelling any of my works. Stephen B on the other had had no such qualms, and evidently a less avant guarde style. He sold quite well.