Painting by Phil Went 22 Artworks Sold

Quiet Passion

Oil, Wood, Framed by Artist

26cm (W) x 16cm (H) x 3cm (D)

Certificate of Authenticity Included
A$470

Artwork Description

An alla prima painting of passionfruits. Once setup, I had to work fairly quickly before the passionfruit went from smelling absolutely delicious(very tempting to just eat it!) to changing appearance and not smelling so tempting.

Delayed dispatch as currently being framed

Artist Bio

Phil Went is a full time artist living in the Blue Mountains, specialising in figurative and still-life oil painting. Phil previously worked in Information Technology prior to taking up studies of classical drawing and painting techniques, after being inspired by classical Dutch portrait and still life artists.

Phil has been a finalist in a major realist drawing and painting prizes such as the Alice Bale and Kenneth Jack Memorial Award as well as being a finalist in the Percival Portrait Prize, Blue Mountains Portraits, Mudgee Portrait Prize and the National Portrait Gallery Portrait Prize.