A portrait of Matthew Calandra, a Studio ARTES artist (who has Down syndrome), has been selected as a finalist in the prestigious Black Swan Prize for Portraiture, in Perth. The artist, Ben Rak, is a printmaking tutor at the College Of Fine Arts (UNSW) in Sydney. He choose to do a portrait of Matt after commissioning a portrait of himself from Matt last year.
Ben's portrait of Matt is fourth from the left, top row in this online gallery previewing the Black Swan finalists. The finalists' works will be exhibited from 20th - 30th September, 2013 in Perth.
Congratulations to both Ben Rak and Matt Calandra, and to Studio ARTES for introducing them.
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