2004
watercolour and tempera on paper on canvas.
166 x 143 cm

Rodney Pople’s self portrait is a homage to Sir Henry Raeburn’s 1748 painting 'Portrait of the Reverend Robert Walker skating'. Raeburn was a Scottish artist known for his portraits of society figures of the day. "I loved the painting and I thought it could make a witty self-portrait", says Pople. "Apart from its elegance and magic, I liked the obvious metaphor of skating on thin ice".

2005
oil on linen
214 x 150 cm

Archibald Prize 2005

2006
oil and watercolour on linen
168 x 290 cm

Archibald Prize 2006

Artist and curator is a portrait of the artist Rodney Pople and Sydney-based curator Felicity Fenner. The painting takes its inspiration from Gainsborough’s famous portrayal of Mr and Mrs Andrews (c1750). “In its theatrical formality, my painting pays homage to Gainsborough while making irreverent reference to Sydney’s obsessions with real estate."

2007
oil and watercolour on linen
290 x 212 cm

Archibald Prize 2007
Collection: Russell
Crowe

'Stone cold sober takes its inspiration from French artist Yves Klein’s famous 1960 photographic portrayal of himself apparently leaping from a city building. "For me, it represents not a stunt suggestive of suicide, but an act of over-whelming optimism and faith", says Pople.

2008
watercolour and oil on linen
201 x 270 cm

Archibald Prize 2008

'Art is what you can get away with' is a self-portrait by the artist Rodney Pople. The title is a quote from Andy Warhol, a truism that also reflects Pople’s attitude to making art. The quote adorns a t-shirt that Pople purchased from the Warhol exhibition in Brisbane, which he paints himself wearing here. The painting takes its inspiration from Goya’s 'The Shootings of May 3rd 1808'.

2010
oil and archival pigment on linen
210 x 300 cm

Archibald Prize 2010

Stelarc is one of Australia’s leading artists, best known in Europe and Japan where he has spent much of his life. A performance artist, Stelarc’s work explores the interface between new technologies and the body. In 1980, he developed a ‘third hand’ powered by the body’s own nervous system.

2011
oil and archival ink on linen
153 x 200 cm

Archibald Prize 2011

This is a portrait of Rodney Pople being beheaded by his wife Felicity Fenner, as their two sons look on. The composition borrows unashamedly from Caravaggio’s 'Judith beheading Holofernes' (1598). It has been remodelled here by Pople to create an equivocal family dynamic which accommodates four rather than the original three figures.

2013
oil on linen
170 x 280 cm
Collection: Newington College, Sydney

2012
oil and archival ink on linen
150 x 100 cm

2012
oil on canvas
200 x 150 cm

2014
watercolour and egg tempera on linen
210 x 138 cm

Archibald Prize 2014

2014
oil and archival ink on linen
133 x 200 cm

2015
Tempera on panel
160 x 120 cm

Doug Moran Portrait Prize (highly commended), 2015

2016
oil on linen
130 x 200 cm

2016
oil and photograph on linen
90 x 140 cm

Doug Moran Portrait Prize, 2016

2017
egg tempera on panel
200 x 120 cm

Archibald Prize 2017

2017
oil on linen
160 x 100 cm

2018
egg tempera on canvas
212 x 202 cm

Salon de Refuses, 2018