Frenzy #2

This work is part of an on-going series of portrait paintings depicting musicians from a number of sources (for example, music videos, album covers, etc). In these paintings, the works are composed so that there is a dynamic balance between empty space and detailed brushwork with vibrant colour thus creating strong visual effects in a two-dimensional form. In this work the artist seeks to appropriate the language and imagery of music by capturing the sense of sound and movement in each colourful brushstroke.

Please note measurements include frame

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Danielle Salvemini is a contemporary artist who creates rich visual portraits that explore elements of music, film and photography. Since graduating from the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW where she majored in painting, her work has featured in multiple exhibitions across Australia including the Hunters Hill Art Prize where she won the Nora Heysen Award in 2015 and a Highly Commended Award in 2016. In 2012 she won the Big Day Art competition with her drawing of Noel Gallagher. Since 2008 her work has featured in exhibitions including the Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Lethbridge Small Scale Art Award, Gosford Art Prize, Hornsby Art Prize, Lane Cove Art Award, Wyndham Art Prize, Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Drummoyne Online Open Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery Art Prize, Prometheus Visual Arts Award, Blacktown City Art Exhibition and The Other Art Fair.

Recently she received a Commended Award in the Modern Section in this year's Drummoyne Art Society Annual Open Art Award. She was also selected as a finalist in the 2022 Percival Portrait Painting Prize and the Art Edit Self-Represented Artist Prize.

Her work displays a long practiced interest in portraiture as it involves exploring the human character and inner essence of the subject. Fascinated with popular culture, the faces found in this realm inspire her portraiture.