Washing Teddy in Annandale
Katherine Cornwall
Washing Teddy in Annandale [detail] 2026
Portrait of Carlo Monaldo Leopardi di San Leopardo
Oil on plywood
200 x 75.5 cm
About the Artwork
The sitter was selected as a member of our community with German and Italian heritage, who has committed to a life in Townsville. I chose to depict Carlo’s home life, within the typically bright days and humid weather that we experience. Washing his dog in the garden, with a hard-rubbish pile near the clothes-line, Carlo forms a rich contribution to my world here.
About the Artist
Kathy Cornwall was born in Fiji and later moved to Townsville, earning her Bachelor of Visual Arts from James Cook University in 2005. Kathy has curated and exhibited locally and internationally. She experiences the natural world through observational response. Painted shapes and organic linework permeate layers of her painting, while drypoint, linocut, ceramics and wooden forms also feature in her practice. Also a musician and a poet, Kathy has an original album recording Shiny Dirt, and earned a Bachelor of Professional and Creative Writing at Deakin University. Her poems engage with philosophy and the environment.