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| Val Anasco Photography |
ERIC SMITH: NOT FINISHED YET - Portrait of a Genuine Artist
'Art is never finished,
only abandoned.'
- Leonardo da Vinci
| A documentary film about Artist Eric Smith is available for purchase. 2012 Atom Award nominee - "Best Documentary - Arts" 2013 WASA Award nominee - "Best Television Production – Factual" The film was produced by 19FILMS and made in conjunction with Eric Smith and his family's approval and support. ORDER this beautiful television hour film, documenting the artist's work and career. DVD (home use only): $34.95 Postage & handling within Australia: $6.60 TOTAL: $41.55 Running time: 52mins Language: English DVD PAL Developed with the assistance of SCREEN AUSTRALIA DVD Special Features: •Extended Interview with Eric Smith •Director Kirrilly Brentnall’s short film ‘My Green Friday’ NON THEATRIC SALES available through the ABC http://www.abccommercial.com/librarysales/program/eric-smith-not-finished-yet  |
Australian painter Eric Smith, achieved much fame with his award winning portraits (including three Archibald prize wins), landscapes and large abstracts, but that was some decades ago. The artist had a successful exhibition twenty years ago. He has been preparing for his next one ever since. Now pushing 90, this forgotten master is on a mission. Eric Smith wants to ‘go out with a bang, rather than a whimper.’ Twenty years in the making, filmed over two years, this documentary is an intimate and revealing insight into the artist at work, his great loves, his passion and his mortality. With stunning cinematography intertwined with archival footage, this inspiring and uplifting film examines Eric Smith’s long career and his struggle to exhibit one last time. Exploring the Australian art scene from the late fifties to contemporary times, the film includes interviews with John Olsen, Leonard French, Peter Sculthorpe, Barry Pearce, Lou Klepac, Rosemary Crumlin, Hendrik Kolenberg, Jon Dwyer and more. More than an art film, this is a love story as Eric and wife Joy declare they are NOT FINISHED YET. Director, Writer & Co-Producer: KIRRILLY BRENTNALL Researcher & Co-Producer: BARBARA SMITH Cinematographer: DAVID HAWKINS Composer: ANDY MANESSIS Editor: KIRRILLY BRENTNALL Sound Mix: RICHARD MAHONY ©2012 19Films |
'To finish a work? To finish a picture? What nonsense!
To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul,
to give it its final blow is the coup de grace for the picture,
as well as for the painter.'
- Pablo Picasso
To finish it means to be through with it, to kill it, to rid it of its soul,
to give it its final blow is the coup de grace for the picture,
as well as for the painter.'
- Pablo Picasso
Please visit this site for regular updates on the progress of the documentary.
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| Val Anasco Photography |
THAT APPEAR IN THE DOCUMENTARY
(abridged version)
Peter Sculthorpe
Oil on canvas, 150 x 215cm
1982
National Portrait Gallery of Australia
ARCHIBALD PRIZE WINNER 1982
Hendrik Kolenberg
Oil on canvas
Artist’s Collection
Portrait of Rodney Milgate
Synthetic polymer paint, collage on canvas on hardboard, 174.6 x 122cm
1966
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Pablo Picasso
Oil on canvas
Artist’s Collection
Pierre Bonnard
Oil paint, collage on canvas on hardboard
1967
Artist’s Collection
Hector Gilliland
Oil on canvas
Artist’s Collection
Guy Warren
Oil on canvas
Artist’s Collection
Portrait of Sidney Nolan
Oil on board, 64 x 52cm
1969
Tweed River Art Gallery Collection
Lloyd Rees
Oil on canvas on hardboard
1978
Southern Cross University
Frank Watters
Oil on canvas on hardboard, 1972
Artist’s Collection
Portrait of Richard Hall
Oil on canvas, 159 x 120cm, 1983
National Library of Australia
Norman Lindsay
Oil on canvas on hardboard
Private Collection
James Gleeson
Oil on canvas, 160 x 126cm
1981
Private Collection
Neville Gruzman
Oil on canvas on hardboard, 181.5 x 136.5cm
1970
Art Gallery of New South Wales
ARCHIBALD PRIZE WINNER 1970
Self-Portrait
Oil on canvas, 103.2 x 89cm
1944
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Runner-Up, ARCHIBALD PRIZE 1945
Rudy Komon
Oil on canvas, 180 x 168cm
1981
Art Gallery of New South Wales
ARCHIBALD PRIZE WINNER 1981
Flowers in the Moonlight
Oil on canvas
1955
National Gallery of Victoria
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas
1956
University of New South Wales
Monsignor Roberts
Oil on canvas
Australian Catholic University
John Olsen
Screenprint, 75.2 x 61cm, edition of 60
1969
Queensland Art Gallery
Jon Molvig
Screenprint, 74.4 x 71.9cm, edition of 60
1969
Queensland Art Gallery
Head of Christ
Oil on board
1954
Newman College
Head of Christ
Oil on board
1954
Art Gallery of South Australia
Christ is Risen
Oil on composition board, 220 x 115cm
1959
Canisius College
BLAKE PRIZE WINNER 1959
The Moment Christ Died
Oil on composition board, 170.5 x 101cm
1958
Geelong Gallery
BLAKE PRIZE WINNER 1958
The Scourged Christ
Oil on hardboard, 116 x 85cm
1956
Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest
BLAKE PRIZE WINNER 1956
Crucifixion
Oil on board, 117 x 83cm
1953
Private Collection
Crown of Thorns
Oil on composition board, 97 x 75cm
1956
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery
Messages of Christ
Oil paint, collage on canvas on hardboard
1969
Waverley College
Christ crucified
Oil on hardboard, 268.0 x 122cm
1959
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Head of Christ
Oil on board, 66.5 x 47cm
1955
Private Collection
The Apostles Creed
Original Collage and Paintings held in a Private Collection
Poster Series held in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Collection
BLAKE PRIZE WINNER 1969
Reflection
Oil on canvas
2003
Private Collection
SULMAN PRIZE WINNER 2003
Stain Glass Windows
St Paul’s College, University of Sydney
Falling Bark
Oil on canvas on hardboard, 183 x 244.3cm
1972
Art Gallery of New South Wales
WYNNE PRIZE WINNER 1972
Not Finished Yet
(Resurgent Blue)
Oil on canvas, 152 x 200cm
2008
Private Collection