Linda Adair
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Linda Adair

Current Project

Inspired by histories, my current body of work features duelling women in theatrical settings.

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WORKSHOPS

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Previous painting workshops for the NSW Department of Education in Australia.

2018 Workshop schedule coming soon.

BEHIND THE SCENES

Get an exclusive look behind the scenes by joining me on Patreon as I create my new body of work. As a patron you have access to time lapse videos and previews of new work not shown elsewhere. 

FEATURED AVAILABLE WORK

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Tree of Splintered Dreams, oil on 16x20 inch panel. Available with IX Gallery. Contact for details.

Inspired by the unrealised hopes and dreams we have as children and the places they end up. This landscape draws it's energy from dreams, hopes and wishes.

 

The Latest Work...

On Instagram @linda_adair

Theatre of Duelists • oil on linen • 40 x 27 inches The Modern Muse | Rehs Contemporary Last few days to see the show @rehscontemporary Thanks for all the love and support!
Back at the easel, starting something new #wip #paint #oilpainting #details #art #artwork #kunst #eye #progress #artistsoninstagram
Performance • oil on panel • 40 x 60 cm • The Modern Muse | Rehs Contemporary “We were like two performers in a play, but we were divided, we were not acting with one another. We had to endure it alone, we had to put up this show, this miserable, sham performance for the sake of all these people I did not know and did not want to see again.” ― Daphne du Maurier, Rebecca These women in carnival costumes and masks are preparing for their performance, in this case the duel. I was thinking of the sex industry and those who perform the “duel” for others’ entertainment. I am expressing some of the characters’ emotions as they wait backstage.
La Maupin • oil on panel • 27.5 x 19.7 inches The Modern Muse | Rehs Contemporary Inspired by the real life 17th century French opera singer and swordswoman.
Verity • oil on 15.7 x23.3 inch panel. The Modern Muse | Rehs Contemporary Inspired by the Oscar Wilde quote, "Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." Painting the figure on a bare mattress and having her partially bare as well as opposed to the ornate outer coverings like the bed frame and her mask, I wanted to show the reality of what lies beneath. Lounging as on a therapists couch, she bares her soul. The Modern Muse exhibition is on display till November 16.
Gunpowder Tea • oil on panel • 27.5 x 19.7 inches. The Modern Muse | Rehs Contemporary This painting is inspired by this famous historical duel with pistols that occurred between two women as a result of a tea party in turn of the century New York. I have pictured her topless yet her knees are together to show that although she is partially nude that does not equal consent. This masked theatre character is part of high society and is showing venerability, baring her soul as it were, and yet she is armed and ready to defend herself. Gunpowder tea was a popular tea at the time which got it's name from the way the tea leaves were rolled and charred resembling gun pellets.