"George"

 

"George"

Kerry Wright 

2013

Oils on Canvas

25cm x 20cm

A constant throughout my life has been my most cherished friend, George. He was born at Geita, Tanzania, of Dutch Boer heritage, and attended the Hill School at Eldoret in Kenya, before migrating to Australia with his family aboard the S S Galileo Galilei from Aden. After serving in the Royal Australian Navy, George settled in Sydney, where he and I met one bright, sunny, Saturday afternoon over fifty years ago, in the home of mutual friends at Long Reef on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

"The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila"

 

"The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa of Avila"

Kerry Wright 

1998

Oils on Canvas

25cm x 20cm

"Study for Portrait of Kevin"

 

"Study for Portrait of Kevin"

Kerry Wright

2023

Graphite on Cartridge Paper

64cm x 45cm

"Ave Antinoe"

 

"Ave Antinoe"

Kerry Wright

1984

Oils on Canvas

90cm x 60cm

Dedicated to the Emperor Hadrian and his beloved Antinous.

"A la recherche du temps perdu"

 

"A la recherche du temps perdu"

Kerry Wright

2000

Oils on Canvas

25cm x 20cm

"In the Midnight Brightly"

 

"In the Midnight Brightly"

Kerry Wright

2001

Oils on Canvas

25cm x 20cm

"Daniel in a Landscape"

 

"Daniel in a Landscape"

Kerry Wright

1987

Conte Pastel and Ink on Paper

18cm x 13cm

"Fabian LoSchiavo"

 

"Fabian LoSchiavo"

[Double Portrait]

Kerry Wright

1993

Oils on Canvas

183cm x 122cm (6ft x 4ft)

Fabian LoSchiavo (1949-2023) was a culturally significant, legendary, iconic gay Australian, at the height of his fame when he agreed to sit for me, to paint his portrait, in 1993. He precisely complied with the provisions for entry into the Archibald Prize competition, in his capacity as Mother Inferior of the Sydney Chapter of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. I had planned on entering the portrait into the 1994 Archibald. Alas, when I did so, the Trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales chose not to shortlist it. Instead, it was entered into the 1994 OutArt Exhibition as part of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras festivities that year. The opening night was a glittering occasion with Fabian in attendance in full habit, where he and his portrait were received with warm approval and applause.