Flocker Liz (2024)Oil painting
by Pete Conroy

This is a painting of a famous local character. Flocker Liz was the madam of the bordello in Echuca in the 1800’s. Her house of ill repute is the only one of its kind that is preserved and protected in Victoria Australia. In 1897 she lost her licence for ‘immorality’ yet must have made enough of an impact on the local community to be commemorated in plaques in town to this day.
Although there are no photos of her, I imagine her in my mind to be a tough, hands on hips, no nonsense, fierce woman. I tried to encapsulate that in this painting of her.

Materials used:

Oil paint

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 42 x 52 x 5cm (framed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
• This artwork is sold framed
• Signed on the front
• Style: Expressive and gestural
• Subject: People and portraits

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