Artworks by Judi Power Thomson, Blaine Lallemand and David Voigt, purchased by me at the CAPO Auction Gala 2024, plus me playing piano at the event

by Tony Magee

1. Judi Power Thomson

Glimpse (Broken Hill Area) - 2024

Oil on Canvas

“My work is generally mixed media using colour, texture, pattern and design to achieve uninhibited results.

“I commenced art studies in Sydney and continued in Canberra, Taos and South Carolina.

“I have had six solo exhibitions and 18 shared exhibitions and been selected as a finalist in many major exhibitions including the Portia Geach in Sydney, Shirley Hannan National Portrait Prize (second prize), the Waterhouse, Calleen Art Award, The Percivals and winner of the Tuggeranong Art Prize.

“This work gives glimpses of beauty through the straggly branches of our remaining Australian bush.”

2. Blaine Lallemand

Upton Girl - 2012

Archival Photograph on canson rag

“As a person who is curious about the how and why of life, I make art in all mediums to expose and express my take on these concepts.

“Themes that reoccur in my practice range from life cycles found in nature through to the ever-evolving cultural and societal roles people are expected to play in various stages of their life.

“I often draw directly from my own experience.

“As a trans-disciplinary artist, I don’t lock into a ‘style’. Instead, I observe and respond to my internal and external environments.

“Some of my artworks have won awards in Canberra, Goulburn, Adelaide and New York.

“The pull to make art is always changing … but it’s always there and it’s reliably strong.”

3. David Voigt

Wind in the Kentia - 1984

Limited edition coloured etching

edition XXXVIII

David Voigt was born in Sydney in 1944 and studied at the National Art School.

In 1969 he won the English-Speaking Union Travelling Scholarship.

Between 1979 and 1982, he lived and exhibited in France and Holland.

Voigt had his first exhibition of etchings, serigraphs and drawings in Canberra in 1968.

Since then, he has had many exhibitions in Australia and abroad.

He won the Blake Prize in 1967 and 1981 and then the Wynne Prize in 1981.

His works are held in the collections of Artbank, the NGA, the regional collections of the cities of Armidale, Newcastle, Bathurst, Sale and in the State Galleries of Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia.