The Hon. Jane Mathews

Description

Rocco Fazzari (born 1959) is a Sydney-based mixed media artist. His practice includes digital illustration, painting and contemporary animated short form films. For the past 30 years he has published illustrations and political cartoons for Fairfax Media. Fazzari has twice won the Bald Archy Prize, including the inaugural prize in 1994.

The portrait The Hon. Jane Mathews is a photo collage created from headshots of women in the legal profession. A symbolic depiction of Jane Mathews (1940 – 2019), who was the first woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court in 1987 and laid the pathway for women in the legal profession.

Identification

Artist

Rocco Fazzari

Medium

Digital photo collage on canvas

Date

2023

Collection

First Female Judges