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characters & stars1994-2003

Evelyn Hartogh began creating fine art portraits in 1992 at the same time she began her performance art practice.  However, in 1995 a window fell down on Evelyn’s right hand.  Fortunately she was wearing a large perspex ring at the time and, although the ring broke, it managed to save her hand from being cut in half.  The resulting injury was enough to make her hand virtually immovable for almost five years because none of her fingers would bend due to being so swollen.  Between 1995 and 2000 Evelyn was unable to write legibly or draw without considerable pain.   Nonetheless she still managed to produce a prolific amount of essays, articles and creative writing by typing with her left hand.  By 2000 she was able to bend the fingers of her right hand again and she resumed creating fine art portraits.  Return to Fine Art Portraits.

BARBIE DOLLS 1994

Evelyn drew and painted a series of Barbie pictures while she was writing and performing her first Barbie shows.  These works were never exhibited and many of them were lost or destroyed.  These are two of the three surviving Barbie pictures.

WONDER WOMEN 2000

When Evelyn’s hand first recovered enough to be able to draw for extended periods she began creating a series of Wonder Woman portraits in a range of mediums.  As you can see the majority of pictures reproduced on the Fine Art web pages are from this Wonder Woman collection.  All of these works were done on paper and are A3 sized.  Evelyn plans to create and exhibit larger oil painting versions of her favourite Wonder Woman portraits.

DRAG KING 2001

This pencil sketch is an unfinished Drag King sketch which requires inking.  The hat that is illustrated in the picture was Evelyn’s favourite olive corduroy Stetson.  Unfortunately, one day while catching the ferry to university the wind caught her hat and blew it into the river.  Evelyn hestitated from getting her feet wet and retrieving it, and it was lost forever.  Next time she loses a hat to wind and water she plans to risk a cold to save an irreplaceable lid.

ROCK STARS 2003

These inked sketches were used to illustrate an article Evelyn wrote about Brisbane independent bands.  The illustrations are of: LEFT Julian Harris (Small World Experience, The Lazy Ocean Glitters, The Look of Love, The Golden Circles) who Evelyn became friends with at university in the early 1990s and then lived in share houses with during the mid to late 1990s.  He is currently living in Melbourne with his partner who is also a musician.  RIGHT Jason Bright (The Hooray Henries, Dragstar, The Lazy Ocean Glitters, Space Cowboys) who is also a friend of Evelyn’s that she met during the 1990s.  He lives in Brisbane and is a television connoisseur.

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