FIONA COTTON
SUSTENANCE
Fiona Cotton is a contemporary realist painter specialising in still life painting and portraiture. She has spent time in Florence studying classical painting techniques at the Florence Academy and at the Charles Cecil Studios and has been a finalist in many art prizes including the AME Bale Art Prize, the Percival Portrait Prize, the Mosman Art Prize, the Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize and the Eutick Memorial Still Life Award. She is delighted to be featured in Still Life by Amber Creswell Bell published by Thames and Hudson in 2021.
"Painting from life and using traditional techniques I explore the gentle beauty of everyday objects in my still life work. In a chaotic world, I try to create a quiet space where creative and joyful thoughts can flourish through contemplation of an image rich with colour and light. My portraits, painted from life, are a way to reveal something of the inner life of the sitters. Painting for me is a never ending journey of exploration, a meditation where you are transported out of self in the pursuit of beauty.
50 x 60 cm. Oil on Belgium Linen. Classic Italian Frame. $2600
43 x 49 cm. Oil on Board. Classic Italian Frame. $1900
50 x 60 cm. Oil on Linen. Classic Italian Frame. $2600
40 x 50 cm. Oil on Belgium Linen. Classic Italian Frame. $1900
46 x 56 cm. Oil on Belgium Linen. Classic Italian Frame. $2300
46 x 56 cm. Oil on Belgium Linen. Classic Italian Frame. $2100
40 x 50 cm. Oil on Board. Classic Italian Frame. $1900
39 x 47 cm. Oil on Wood Panel. Classic Italian Frame. $1900
43 x 49 cm. Oil on Wood Panel. Classic Italian Frame. $2300
46 x 56 cm. Oil on Belgium Linen. Classic Italian Frame. $2400
43 x 49 cm. Oil on Wood Panel. Classic Italian Frame. $2200
43 x 49 cm. Oil on Wood Panel. Classic Italian Frame. $2200
Exhibitions and Awards
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2021 Winner Bienarte Award, Lethbridge 20000 Art Award
2020 Christmas Exhibition, A K Bellinger Gallery
2020 Semi-finalist for a still life and a portrait, 15th Art Renewal Centre Salon, USA
2020 Finalist, AME Bale Art Prize
2020 Finalist, Lethbridge 20000 Art Award
2019 Les Petit Travaux Small Works Exhibition, Aarwun Gallery
2019 Finalist, Eutick Memorial Still life Award
2018 Christmas Exhibition, A K Bellinger Gallery
2018 Finalist, AME Bale Art Prize
2018 Finalist, Percival Portrait Prize
2017 Christmas Exhibition, Aarwun Gallery
2017 Finalist, Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize
2017 Finalist, Ravenswood Art Prize
2017 People's Choice Winner, Squares, Strathnairn
2016 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize for a portrait
2016 Finalist, Mosman Art Prize for a still life
2015 Finalist, EMSLA still Life Award
2015 Finalist, Pirtek Still Life Award, Bowral
2013/4 Alembic, Getting Group Exhibition, Canberra