“Goolwa” Oil painting Adelaide Artist Avril Thomas
“Goolwa” Oil on canvas by Avril Thomas Goolwa is just an hour’s drive south of Adelaide in South Australia on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is a historic river port where the River Murray mouth and Southern Ocean meet. The view is looking upstream near the bridge across to Hindmarsh Island. The artist remembers as a […]
Normanville – Oil on canvas by Avril Thomas
“Normanville” This Landscape Oil Painting by Avril Thomas is a scene in South Australia at the mouth of the Bungala River on the Fleurieu Peninsula. 76 kilometres south of Adelaide. Normanville was established by South Australia’s first dentist, Robert Norman, in 1849 16 yrs later Normanville was declared a port. In those days tall ships transported goods […]
“Infinity” Oil on canvas by South Australian Artist Avril Thomas
This Oil painting “Infinity” is by Avril Thomas. A South Australian Artist. She is usually a figurative realist Portrait Painter and has paintings and drawings in Corporate and Private Art Collections round Australia and Internationally. Read more .. This painting is inspired by the view standing on the jetty at Glenelg (in South Australia) looking South. […]
“The Artist” Oil on Canvas by Avril Thomas
This is a self-portrait – Oil on canvas by Avril Thomas, a South Australian – Adelaide artist specializing in portraiture. Her works are in corporate and private collections round Australia and Internationally. Her work has been hung in Major shows or Galleries round Australia eg National Portrait Gallery in Canberra. The majority of her commissioned works […]
“Its a Wrap” Oil painting by Avril Thomas
This painting was part of a 42 piece collection of Paintings and Drawings depicting staff at work in operating theatres at Flinders Medical Centre by Avril Thomas. Prints of this painting are available worldwide online HERE. See the full collection with links for prints HERE.
“A New Life” at Flinders Medical Centre 77 x 61 Oil on canvas by Avril Thomas
A New Life. Oil painting portrait of Obstetric Surgeon and surgical team. Operation at Flinders Medical Centre.
Organ Donation – The gift of life! Adelaide Artist
This painting started an odyssey of many years painting medically themed portraits for Artist Avril Thomas. Backstory A show came up in Sydney through Portrait Artists Australia to help raise awareness for organ donation. All artists in this particular group had works in Major Institutions and galleries in Australia. Each artist who participated, was given […]
Adelaide Portrait Artist Traditional Portraiture
South Australian Artist – Avril Thomas is a full time Artist specializing in Traditional style Contemporary Realist Portraiture and figurative work, with original paintings and drawings in Corporate and private collections round Australia and Internationally. Her work is featured in the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra, has been selected in many National competitions or exhibitions. For example, […]
Theatre Works Collection: Operating Theatre Portraits by Avril Thomas
Explore Avril Thomas’s ‘Theatre Works’ – charcoal portraits and scenes from her 2009 artist residency in Flinders Medical Centre operating theatres, capturing the humanity and precision of surgical teams. Prints available
Portrait of Marjorie Jackson-Nelson AC CVO MBE
Oil painting portrait of Marjorie Jackson Nelson AC CVO MBE commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra by Adelaide Artist Avril Thomas
Professor David David AC – Oil on Canvas by Adelaide Artist
Oil painting portrait of Professor David David a South Australian Craniofacial Surgeon operating by Avril Thomas
Portrait – Dr Henry Newland AM by Adelaide Artist
Exhibition by Adelaide Artist Avril Thomas at Flinders Medical Centre “Theatre Works” There were 42 paintings and drawings in this collection. The exhibition held at Flinders Medical Centre. Avril Thomas was Artist in Residence in the Operating Theatres at Flinders Medical Centre. The images were a broad range of portrait of portrait sketches and group […]