Eric Thake 'Hippobottomi' earth tones Beard is represented in collections

Beard is represented in collections across the world and in 2007 was awarded the Art Gallery of NSW Archibald Prize for his portrait of installation artist

Shimmen’s work is held by the National Gallery of Australia

she carves out smiling faces

he creates a pattern by manipulating the paper’s surface

Eric Thake 'Hippobottomi' earth tones Beard is represented in collectionsEvery year, modernist Eric Thake would send his friends a hand made Christmas card. Original linocut prints, these cards have since become canonical, each observing a changing nation through one its most distinct voices. They also speak to Thakes innerworld, with this particular work coming from the collection of his friend, revered writer and curator Ursula Hoff. The punnily titled Hippobottomi is a disarming portrait of three hippos. Thake captures