The playful discipline of artist Yvette Coppersmith
John Safran told Yvette Coppersmith he needed three months to work out before she painted him topless for her Archibald entry in 2009. She had previously portrayed the documentarian, fully clothed, for the Portia Geach Memorial Award, but for this next painting she said, “We won’t be needing the shirt and tie.” When she painted […]