Self portrait - coming out (detail), oil on canvas, 1989 Not For Sale
“Brendan Lakin, an artist based in Sydney…”
But what would I say about myself…
My art practice has continued and grown over the past 3 decades. I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting and Printmaking) from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in 1989. My main focus is painting, although recently I have reintroduced printmaking into my artistic practice. Although I have frequently painted the human form (see above), usually my work distills my passion for nature, the landscape and it’s great contrasts. Landscape painting can be at once naturalistic and romantic, real and imagined, from memory or en plein air. Having lived and worked as an artist in Australia and Austria, I have been fortunate to be able to study and paint some extremely contrasting landscapes over the years, translating the textures, rhythms and shifting light of the land onto my canvases. I hope this website provides an opportunity for you to consider the beauty and strangeness of all that surrounds you.
Enjoy!
Brendan Lakin, 2025