australian gothic
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this person - richard baxter - was until recently was known to flickr as the inhabitant, or ricardo of the forest, lately as ~☼~ and at one stage, if memory serves 'the arrogant elitist bastard' after a dispute in deleteme - which is like that, so just don't do it, kids!
he stands in his studio in front of a joint painting (i.e. by both of us) in its draft stage - the post-christian landscape (see thumbnail link to completed version in comments) - with the tools of his then (pays-the-rent) trade in hand
adelaide, south australia, 1991 (thanks for the year, richard)
for the sake of his dignity i must inform you that the shot came about as a result of me asking him to act as a model for a painting in the voss series (see thumbnail below for example) that i never actually completed, to the best of my recollection
modelling for other artists work is pretty standard - i remember that the former state premier bought a painting of a canvas by richard where the central figure was one i'd modelled for - leading to a hypothetical headline' 'bank bust-up bannon buys bill's bum by baxter' ! (premier john bannon's fortunes had declined as sharply as investors' with the collapse of the old state bank in the deregulatory frenzy that was the 80's!)
those missing - or just curious about - the works of the man in question may always visit his studiobaxter site
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liam.jon_d (53 months ago | reply)
it was another talented flickr member - also a richard - whose comment on the painting below (referring to grant wood's famous double portrait) called this image to mind
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Seen on your photo stream. (?)
bizen99 added this photo to his favorites. (53 months ago)
Photographer Jerry Lee (53 months ago | reply)
very Rolf Harris!
the inhabitant (53 months ago | reply)
Very Rolf Harris, without the beard and wobble board.
I dont mind the painting like that, kind of chinese/japanese classical, without the mastery.
I do look something like that today, without the hair and the whipper snipper.
You should add the painting here for which I was posing, for interest and explanation for the sake of my dignity.
liam.jon_d (53 months ago | reply)
i particularly like the vest and the flannie!
any idea on a year would be greatly appreciated...
the inhabitant (53 months ago | reply)
I have it listed on my website as 1991, I would have been 25 at the time.
pochade.co.uk (49 months ago | reply)
Hey, you should put your photo on www.artistsarea.co.uk
let your other friends know about it.
Love your space, very inspiring.
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modgarden added this photo to their favorites. (46 months ago)
Uriolus (37 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Painters in the Studio, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
imd.paint added this photo to their favorites. (36 months ago)