avid Hayes will tell you himself that he is just a middleaged white guy painting the human condition. That’s certainly not a throwaway line. He does deeply examine his own maleness and its entrapment in modern-day and historical conflict. The notion that we are always learning is an important principle to him. When I mention the word “self-taught” when asking him about his professional art career, he says everyone’s selftaught. This is despite having a university medical qualification in anatomy and employing this knowledge skilfully when painting a portrait. He literally paints the bone structure first, then the muscle and skin in a meticulous, layered process. He grew up in Brisbane and
David Hayes
Nov 01, 2022
4 minutes
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