Prudence Flint paints figures in psychologically charged environments enveloped by fields of colour and light. The viewer is invited into an intimate world where the figure’s pose, each articulated detail, and the flat expanses of colour create an interplay of tensions.
Prudence Flint is a Melbourne based artist. She has held solo exhibitions in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Hobart and has exhibited in major state and regional galleries. She is a sixth time finalist in the Archibald Prize. She won the Len Fox Painting Award (2016), the Portia Geach Memorial Award (2010), and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize (2004). Her work is held in the collections of the City of Port Phillip, Artbank, BHP Billiton, City of Gold Coast, University of Wollongong, Castlemaine Art Museum and in numerous private collections in Australia and New Zealand. Reproductions of Flint’s paintings have recently appeared in international publications including Oh Comely (UK), It’s Nice That; Printed Pages (UK). Flint is represented by Australian Galleries in Melbourne and Bett Gallery in Hobart..