David Healey is undertaking a Master of Contemporary Art Practices and Design at the ANU. He is a self-confessed realist having deployed to a number of war zones and conflicts in his life.
A selection of work done in 2022 in line with my project “Post conflict trauma through the eyes of civilians. Can you see it?”
All works are for sale and are 297mm x 420mm in soft pastel on black board with black frames and glass professionally preserved for Four Corners picture framing in the ACT. First in best dressed and price does not include postage. Please contact me at david@davidhealeysolicitors.com.au or send me a SMS on 0423274905 if you are interested in a particular piece.
Update:
I have now uploaded a number of works from my studies in Figure and life. Some are also for sale. Enjoy
Image of withdrawn Afghan child 2022. Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Withdrawn 2022
Image of female child with Amygdala hijack 2022. Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Amygdala Hijack II
Strength and spirit 2022. Pastel on black paper - For sale $1200
Strength and Spirit
Image of an Afghan school girl deprived of education 2022. Pastel on black paper - For sale $900
Determined 2022
Use of colour through the fingers and the right side of the face create a strong depiction of fear.
Afghan school girl plucked from her classroom by the Taliban 2022. Pastel on black paper - SOLD For sale $1000 SOLD 29 June 2022
The fear of a cruel regime - SOLD
A vivid and shocking depiction of a girl with stolen rights. My eyes are drawn to hers through the use of white pastel highlights. It is a sharing of pain and grief.
Afghan teenager traumatised Pastel on black paper - Sold For sale $1000 Sold 30 June 2022
Trauma SOLD
I really like this piece. It is both trauma and defiance of a regime that cannot withstand the will of the population.
Girl in poverty in Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Poverty
Defiant female Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $900
Defiant
Drug detox Taliban Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Cruelty
Freedom of spirit in Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - Sold For sale $1000 sold 30 June 2022
Freedom SOLD
Man with hand on face 21 March 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $900
Shock
Arrest by the Taliban 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Arrest
Mass rehabilitation by the Taliban 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1200
Drug rehab
Mass rehabilitation by the Taliban 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1200
Drug rehab
Hazara torture by the Taliban 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1200
Torture
Despondent child Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $3000 - currently entered into the ANU Art School Art Prize
Despondent
Rebellious child Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Rebellious
Tearful child Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - Sold For sale $1500 sold 29 June 2022
Tearful
SOLD
Tearful child II Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1500
Tearful II
Forced child labour Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1500
Forced
Resistance Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $2500
Resistance
Child in shock Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Shock II
Apprehensive child Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1500
Apprehension
Hope Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Hope
Coloured eyes Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - Sold For sale $1000 Sold 29 June 2022
Coloured eyes
SOLD
Child beggar Kabul Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
The cost
VBIED Kabul Afghanistan 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $1000
Explosion
Fate or future 2022 - Pastel on black paper - For sale $3000
Futility
This was the start of figure and life for me in the second semester at the ANU 2022
90-minute drawing of a male model. This would become part of my final triptych - 2022
Male model II - this is part two and three of the final triptych .
Female model - gifted to Jonathan Charles 2022.
Seated skeleton - donated to Angus Healey :)
Seated skeleton in water colour for sale - $2,000.00.
Male model in colour soft pastel - gifted to Chris Miller
Final Triptych “Janus” for sale $3000
