David Bromley
The Sydney Morning Herald Sunday December 9, 2007
Megan Gale nude. Cheyenne Tozzi topless. Kristy Hinze starkers.
Now I have your attention, let me tell you all these women posed for artist David Bromley and the paintings are on display at the Tim Olsen Gallery in Woollahra.
And more surprising, he convinced non-model types to disrobe. You can see paintings of designer Collette Dinnigan and singer Kate Ceberano.
Bromley has a job most Aussies blokes would happily kill for. 'I'm afraid when a beautiful, famous woman is naked in the room, I'm more intent on capturing the image rather than thinking about breasts,' he confessed shyly.
'But I do admittedly have a line of male volunteers offering to hold lights. One even offered to wear a beret to look the part,' he laughed.
Damn him and his professionalism.
Bromley has been influenced by Andy Warhol and described his work as pop paintings. He said he really enjoyed working with famous faces.
'I've really been impressed with how well rounded these women all are. They have depth and spark and I believe there's some transference of that energy into each painting,' he said.
No matter how hard I pushed, Bromley refused to pick favourites but he was particularly bowled over by a couple of his models.
'I wanted to work with Megan Gale because althouth she's very successful she has a slightly fuller figure. To my surprise, when I met her I wanted to capture not just her physicality but also her vivaciousness.
'It's no surprise to me how many people are attracted to her,' he said.
Bromley has painted everyone from Kylie Minogue to Hugo Weaving but there was celeb who impressed his parents the most.
'My mum loves Dancing With The Stars so when I painted Kate Ceberano she thought that was just sensatinal.'