Home totem #2 / Sunset (M)

An American "Minnie-mouse" rests precariously atop a Chinese terracotta warrior replica.
This is a part of my home-totem series of still life paintings where I present regular domestic objects as totemic structures.

Winner of the Still Life Award in the Bluethumb Art Prize 2022, judge Del Kathryn Barton said of the work “The juxtaposition of old and contemporary-pop symbology evokes layered meanings; both absurdist and political.”

This artwork is currently available at Bluethumb's Melbourne Gallery in Richmond.

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Peter Tankey’s artworks primarily focus on the still life genre, making meticulously rendered hyper-realistic oil paintings.

His work is comprised largely of non-conventional still life paintings, constructing unusual scenes that suggest a narrative through the juxtaposition of unrelated objects.

Winner of the still life category in the 2022 Bluethumb art prize and shortlisted for several major prizes, his work appears in private, government and corporate collections (nationally and internationally).