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    Character study

    Nov 24, 2021 3 minutes
    BY KIRSTY MCKENZIE
    PHOTOGRAPHY KEN BRASS

    If Nick Osmond hadn’t injured his Achilles tendon twice in three months, he may never have picked up a paintbrush and discovered his talent for semi-abstract portraiture.

    “There’s only so much gardening you can do on crutches,” he observes. “Ten days after the second injury, I thought I was going mental and an artist friend, James Kearns, suggested he meet me at the local art-supply shop. He didn’t tell me what to do, he just let me go and find my own style.

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