Bonnie McArthur.
Hyper-realist Fine Artist, Musician, Film-maker
& Intentional Community Researcher
based in Sydney, Australia.
ART
Graduating in 2013 from The Australian
National University's School of Art,
Bonnie McArthur is a privately commissioned
multi-disciplinary artist specialising primarily
in hyper-realistic oil and graphite portraiture.
Winner of The Shirl's Linda Deighton Award,
McArthur exhibited her work across
Australia in both group and solo shows
until 2018 when diagnosed with the
auto-immune disease Fibromyalgia.
Relying on her artistic practice since diagnosis,
McArthur works from her home studio in Sydney, Australia
painting both personal and professional portraits
including celebrities and representatives of the political sector
including Richard Clapton, Stefania Ferrario,
Bernard Colleary, Keith Rewell and Nick Xenophon.
With her distinctively emotive hyper-realistic style,
McArthur possesses a desire to tell the stories of her subjects
through sensitive and immense attention to detail.
A strong believer that Artists should
share their artistic knowledge with others,
McArthur also offers both online and in-person teaching
modules, allowing anyone to learn the secrets
and joys of realistic portraiture.
National University's School of Art,
Bonnie McArthur is a privately commissioned
multi-disciplinary artist specialising primarily
in hyper-realistic oil and graphite portraiture.
Winner of The Shirl's Linda Deighton Award,
McArthur exhibited her work across
Australia in both group and solo shows
until 2018 when diagnosed with the
auto-immune disease Fibromyalgia.
Relying on her artistic practice since diagnosis,
McArthur works from her home studio in Sydney, Australia
painting both personal and professional portraits
including celebrities and representatives of the political sector
including Richard Clapton, Stefania Ferrario,
Bernard Colleary, Keith Rewell and Nick Xenophon.
With her distinctively emotive hyper-realistic style,
McArthur possesses a desire to tell the stories of her subjects
through sensitive and immense attention to detail.
A strong believer that Artists should
share their artistic knowledge with others,
McArthur also offers both online and in-person teaching
modules, allowing anyone to learn the secrets
and joys of realistic portraiture.
MUSIC
From a highly musical family,
McArthur was raised on a mixture of
niche esoteric and ambient soundscapes,
celtic new-age, ancient choral and
50s-80s classic folk and rock.
These varied eclectic influences
resulted in the creation of a personal
style reminiscent of an infusion of celtic folk
and ambient soundscapes delivered through
the long respected vehicle of storytelling.
For many years, fear of possessing an
old-era voice reminiscent of Joan Baez,
Joni Mitchell and Judy Collins held McArthur
back from releasing her work. Would there
be a reception for a 60's style
in the modern day?
McArthur is currently working with multiple
musicians in Sydney, NSW on a vast and
eclectic array of offerings to be released in 2023.