PORTRAITS
Anna Weston, Panic Strap Optional (2025). oil on board. 70 x 90cm. Finalist: Portia Geach Memorial Award 2025
‘Panic Strap Optional’ (2025) is a contemporary woman artist’s response to an answer to Jacques-Louis David’s Napoleon Crossing the Alps or Bonaparte at the St Bernard Pass, 1800–01. Apart from the irony that my childhood pony was named Boneparte, the experiences of David, Napolean and myself are vastly different. Contrasting the aggrandising portrait of the leader of men and the Napoleonic Code, my self-portrait acknowledges the immense impact of women artists across the (global) canon. The horse is without a bridle, my confidence in it and our capacity to quietly but tenaciously navigate an uncertain personal, environmental and political future.
Anna Weston, Debbie (2024), oil on board. 90 x 70cm. Winner: Behalu Murakami Grant Portraiture Prize 2024
Anna Weston, Dom (2023). Oil on canvas, 90 x 70cm. Finalist: Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra 2024.
Anna Weston, Trina From Bottle Tree Downs (2022-23). oil on canvas, 90 x 70cm. Third Prize: John Villiers Outback Art Prize 2023.
Anna Weston, Hosey (2023). oil on canvas, 90 x 70cm. Finalist: Salon de Refuse - Brisbane Portrait Prize 2023.
Anna Weston, Janice (2023). acrylic on canvas, 76 x 61cm. Photograph: Adam Young / Image Courtesy: Liveart, Queensland College of Art
Anna Weston, The Kind Scientist (2023). oil on canvas, 90 x 70cm. Finalist: Portia Geach Memorial Award 2023.
Anna Weston, The Intermediary (2022). oil on canvas, 90 x 70cm. Highly Commended: Behlau Murakami Grant Art Prize