Pam Schultz's portrait collection
Title: "The Ethnobotanist: Gerry Turpin at his Yidinji Homeland Barney Springs" won FIRST PRIZE for the exhibition, "Artists of the North" in Cairns, Australia. It was also a finalist at the 2018 Stanthorpe Portrait Prize. The committee pre- selected 201 paintings from the 1700 entries to hang in the prestigious exhibition worth $25,000 and held biennially. The painting was also featured at the 50th Anniversary celebration exhibition of Heinz Steinmann, who generously invited his artist friends to participate. A book is available for sale featuring all the artists' in the exhibition.
Title: Two Cardinals. I use portraiture to promote people who dedicate many voluntary years of their lives towards nature conservation. Dr Ray Pierce, a conservation scientist, relaxes between workdays on Rennell Island, SE of the Solomon Islands. In the background, the local village youths naughtily play games with a ‘borrowed’ boat on Lake Tengano. This fresh water lake is within East Rennell and is a part of a World Heritage protected area of 370 km2. It is the largest freshwater lake on atolls in the world covering 150 km2.
The Cardinal Myzomela sings happily while perching on Ray’s footstool. All portray a scene that seems tranquil enough but not more than 20 kms away, the activities of Chinese loggers are logging the old growth rainforest of West Rennell, an area of 505 sq km. Logging contributes sorely to the anthropocene era that we humans are presently a part.
The colour red relates to the two subjects being cardinal, while also suggesting a metaphor of spilt blood with the cutting of the rainforest.
The Cardinal Myzomela sings happily while perching on Ray’s footstool. All portray a scene that seems tranquil enough but not more than 20 kms away, the activities of Chinese loggers are logging the old growth rainforest of West Rennell, an area of 505 sq km. Logging contributes sorely to the anthropocene era that we humans are presently a part.
The colour red relates to the two subjects being cardinal, while also suggesting a metaphor of spilt blood with the cutting of the rainforest.
