Animal Portraits
Brenda Runnegar
East Wall, Belconnen Arts Centre
Opening: 6pm Friday 16 October 2026
Exhibition: 16 October – 29 November 2026
Animal Portraits comprises a series of framed composite digital works representing pets and favourite animals as majestic figures in historical paintings. These anthropomorphic images are derived from photographs I have taken of pets and animals which I have endeavoured to match with appropriate historical early American Folk Painting.
About the Artist
As a Multimedia artist Brenda Runnegar specialises in painting, sculpture, photography and textiles. Her forty-odd year-long practice is characterised by the use of the surreal and dreamlike.
She completed a Master of Fine Arts by research in 2007 and has worked professionally as an Educator, Arts Administrator, Gallery Manager and Project Manager in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. Since 1981 she has exhibited in numerous prestigious group exhibitions and has had eighteen solo exhibitions.
Her most recent work has involved experiments with digital imaging.
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