The aim was to celebrate this milestone with depictions of Dame Nellie Melba's role as Australia's most famous opera diva of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
I chose a postcard issued around 1894/5 showing her dressed in the role of Ophelie in the Paris production of Hamlet, a role that earned her the highest accolades from the critics of the time. I adore this pose which was taken in her early 30s when she was at the start of her career.
I used Art Spectrum Suede paper and Rembrandt, Unison and Lucas soft pastels for this painting. My aim was to try and create the look of an old fashioned hand-coloured postcard with delicate, subtle tones.
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