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Tom A Finalist in the 2024 Darling Portrait Prize

Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen

I am incredibly excited to be able to announce that I am one of the 25 Finalists in the 2024 Darling Portrait Prize. The Darling Portrait Prize is a biennial national prize for Australian portrait painting honouring the legacy of Mr L Gordon Darling AC CMG (1921-2015).

The Finalist Exhibition will be shown at the National Portrait Gallery from the 22nd of June to the 22 September 2024. Bookings for tickets will open soon but you can keep updated by checking in with the Prize’s website.

Image credit: Tripadvisor

The winner of the $75,000 cash prize will be announced on the 21st of June 2024. I would love that if you are able to visit the exhibition you could tag me in any pictures of the show or my work so that I can see. The gallery is open from 10am – 5pm daily and is located on King Edward Terrace, Canberra.

From the Darling’s website: “The judges are seeking the most compelling recent Australian portrait painting, whether they honour or push the genre, offer unexpected insights into well-known faces, or centre everyday people to explore the breadth of Australian identity.”

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‘Mirror Mirror’ A Finalist In The 2023 Bluethumb Art Prize

Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen

I’m so excited to announce that my portrait of Marcus Petaccia, ‘Mirror Mirror’, is a Finalist in the 2023 Bluethumb Art Prize. Created in 2022, this is the second prize that this work has been a Finalist in since first being publicly exhibited in March of this year.

I would be incredibly grateful if you could please vote for my work to win The People’s Choice Award and share my entry (you can do so by clicking here). You can also watch an instructional video on how to vote here. Voting is now open and will conclude Thursday the 9th of November.

Photography by Sean Alves

By voting and sharing, you will go in the draw to win a $2,000 Bluethumb voucher to spend on art and a Robert Gordon pottery hand-painted by the People’s Choice Award winning artist (which hopefully will be me!) The overall Bluethumb Art Prize winner will be announced on Thursday 26th of October.

Of course this work is also available to own. Please click here to purchase ‘Mirror Mirror’ in order to immediately hang in your boudoir. Thank you to Bluethumb for including my work in this year’s prize and thank you for voting for my work to win the People’s Choice Award.

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The 2023 Halloween Polaroid Project Is Here!

Comments: 0 | Posted by: Tom Christophersen

Happy Halloween! My annual spooky Polaroid Project has *just* launched. You can pick up a one of a kind, signed, Polaroid right here.

This year there are 18 Polaroids available for sale as well as a brand new short film. The first 2 Polaroid sales will come with signed, original props used in the ’23 Polaroid film. The first 10 Polaroid sales come with an A5, numbered, signed, glossy, hand-embellished print of a still from the first project.

Please note this series will only be available for sale during the month of October 2023. At midnight on Halloween (31/10/2023) any unsold Polaroids will be destroyed.

Plus, if you are subscribed to my Patreon you can check out a whole bunch of behind the scenes treats, exclusive footage and deleted scenes from the film. You can also download and view the film and all the promo videos in high definition for your own viewing pleasure throughout spooky season.

Happy Halloween! 🪓

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