Julie McCarron-Benson – Page 3 – Julie McCarron-Benson

I first entered the Archibald Portrait Prize in 2008. I have put in an entry every year. I have been

the pastels

Being allowed to draw was such a liberation for me. I drew everything! I decided as I had 40 years

These are just a few from the early days. Of course, every portrait starts with a drawing. Like every artist,

A selection of drawings I remembered to photograph. I love working in ink. It is so unforgiving. Every mark has

They were all done at a particularly low time. Actually looking at them now, if a friend of mine was

Women of a certain age provide an unpaid unrecognised infrastructure to our society. They are there, unlauded for their support,

Some of these works are from the walls of the toilet of a house I once lived in. This is