Portrait painting workshops
Lewis Miller

Workshop one:
Saturday 6 April, Sunday 7 April, 1.30 - 4.30pm 2024

Workshop two:
Saturday 13 April, Sunday 14 April, 1.30 - 4.30pm 2024

Due to demand we repeat the workshop. Both workshops have the same content.

In both workshops Lewis will demonstrate and talk through the process he follows developing a portrait. Students will learn tips on colour modelling shade and light in oil paint, from this highly awarded Archibald Prize winning artist.

While a portrait model sits for you in the studio, learn from the experience and insights Lewis brings to the fresh and expressive techniques he employs. Through two sessions you will develop at least one dynamic painting! Demonstrations and walk-around visits to every student will inform your progress, broadening and strengthening your skills.

There is no mix and match of dates. Workshop One: Saturday 6 April, Sunday 7 April, 1.30 - 4.30pm 2024

There is no mix and match of dates. Workshop Two: Saturday 13 April, Sunday 14 April, 1.30 - 4.30pm 2024.

Awarded the Hugh Ramsay Portrait Prize in 1981, and having been shortlisted for the Archibald Prize sixteen times, Lewis won in 1998 with his portrait of fellow artist Allan Mitelman.

An exhibition of his portraits was held at Deakin University in 2003. That year, Miller was appointed by the Australian War Memorial as Australia's official artist to the conflict in Iraq, recording mine clearing undertaken by the Royal Australian Navy in the Persian Gulf and by members of the SAS at Al Qusayr and on the Al Ifziiyah peninsula.

Also in 2003, the National Portrait Gallery acquired his portrait of Don Argus. Miller has several times been artist-in-residence at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York, producing a number of portraits of its scientists including one of its former Director, James Watson.

Miller is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Art Gallery of New South Wales, as well as university and other public and corporate collections in Australia, New Zealand and the USA.

Terms and conditions

Membership will be confirmed before your place is allocated. HAS does not offer 'change-of-mind' refunds. Dates are as specified, not mix and match. Refunds may only be considered in truely exceptional circumstances and will be at the discretion of the Studio Manager.