Rene Bolten - Jenny London

Rene Bolten (b.1954), Jenny London 2013, oil on canvas, 49 x 39.5 cm, Lismore Regional Gallery Permanent Collection, Winner Northern Rivers Portrait Prize, 2013. Photo: Parsa Jamalpour.

About the artwork
Jenny London worked passionately for many years running REDinc, advocating for people with disabilities in the Northern Rivers region. She comes from a place of deep understanding of the needs of people with a disability and their families, with first-hand knowledge and a grassroots approach from fighting for the rights of her own family. With all these attributes, she gains your attention and always with that gaze full of care. Jenny’s gaze is often with others, looking to see where she can make a connection.

About the artist
Rene Bolten has made and continues to make an outstanding contribution to the local arts scene in the Lismore Region, both as an artist and as a teacher at Lismore TAFE. Bolten received classical art training in the Netherlands; this foundation is evident in his past and present work. He creates artworks in his studio in Georgica.

Conserved by ICS / International Conservation Services 
Conservation notes: The artwork was dry surface cleaned and aqueous cleaned, removed from damaged stretcher, humidified and flattened, re-stretched onto a new conservation grade stretcher, minor media losses were retouched, final varnish

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