The sunburnt fisherman, 2021
Medium

Oil Paint


Dimensions

29.7 x 21.0 cm


Year Created

2021

$645.00 USD
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“The Sunburnt Fisherman is a stream of consciousness painting executed straight onto oil paper with no preplanning or sketching. I don’t like wasting paint and at the time I created this painting I would use any left over paint to tone the surface of any oil paper or canvas I had around for the next project which is what I did here with some left over red paint. In this painting a sunburnt fisherman gazes out with tired eyes. His skin matches the red sky alluding to the idea that he is one with this harsh environment. His headwear is somewhere between a Baker Boy hat and a Crown topped with gold cross. On the horizon of the green sea there is a boat with two fishermen. One reaches down into the water, their arm becoming one with the boat and the ocean. When I look at this image I wonder about the lives of the people pictured. The body of the fisherman is boney and burnt, he looks tired, and yet with his upright posture, forward gaze and crown he also looks noble and authoritative. I simultaneously feel for the subjects in the painting with the harsh conditions they endure (I imagine them working endless long days to look this way) and at the same time I appreciate the nobleness that I imagine they must have in their unparalleled knowledge of the sea and the tenacity and endurance required for their work. My father was a Plumber by trade, very stoic in his manner and in his spare time would tirelessly work in the community often by volunteering his trade skills to fix things for people in need, so perhaps that is subconsciously affecting my relationship with this painting. “ - Cynthia Howard

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Cynthia Howard is a contemporary artist based in Sydney, Australia working mostly in oil paints. Her concepts come from stream-of-consciousness and either manifest as the free-flowing lines in her colourful abstract figures, or as the surrealist undertones in her realistically painted compositions. Sometimes she combines realism with her abstract figures in one concept. Cynthia Howard’s work surrounds an interest in self determination and touches on the subjects of life philosophy, psychology, and personal to interpersonal relationships. Her paintings deal predominately with the richness of our internal world and musings about how we radiate energy and intention to our outer world. | www.cynthiahoward.com

Curriculum Vitae

Education
2007 · Queensland University of Technology

Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Art)

2024 · Queensland University of Technology

Bachelor of Fine Art (Acting)

Selected Press
Feb 7, 2024

Art Edit Magazine - Gallery panel feature of painting ‘This too shall pass’

Aug 20, 2024

Studio Visit in A/E magazine

Honors and Awards
Feb 5, 2024

Bluethumb Art Prize Portraiture Award Finalist

Feb 5, 2024

Bluethumb 2022 Portrait Prize Finalist

Feb 5, 2024

Selected for publication in ‘100 Emerging Artworks for 2023’

Teaching Experiences
Feb 5, 2024

Gallery of Modern Art - Artist talk and drawing workshop

Achievements

2+ Degrees
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