VERONIA CAY

ARTIST STATEMENT

“These portraits have all been developed directly from drawings made in lifedrawing sessions. Often a model’s vulnerabilities and frailties become more evident in longer poses and there is a shifting, adjusting and layering of marks and materials during a drawing in an attempt to reflect the sometimes fleeting expressions on a model’s face. Further development of these drawings with paint can evoke quite different reflections but they are always a continuation of the conversation between myself and the model”.

BIO

Veronica Cay is a full-time artist living on the Sunshine Coast with her partner artist David Green and 2 of their adult children. She has had several solo exhibitions and been a selected finalist in many national art prizes including Jacarandah Drawing Prize (JADA), Adelaide Perry Drawing Award, Gold Coast International Ceramics Award & Gold Coast National Art Award, WaterHouse Natural History Award, Prometheus Art Award, Noosa Sculpture Award, and Lethbridge 10,000art Award. Work is held in private and public collections in Australia and overseas.