Funny Faces.

Melissa Ritchie has recently established herself as a painter of comedians, having painted Rhys Nicholson, Nazeem Hussain, Urzila Carlson, Luke McGregor, Fiona O'Loughlin, Cal Wilson, Matt Okine, Arj Barker, Adam Richards and many to come.

Funny Faces is a portrait series of famous faces from the Australian stand up comedy community.

Melissa Ritchie has been a finalist in many of Australia's art prizes with these portraits, including the Archibald Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Kilgour Prize, Percival Portrait Prize and Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize.
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Rhys Smart Mouth - Portrait of Rhys Nicholson.
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Onion Skinning - Portrait of Matt Okine
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Game Face - Portrait of Nazeem Hussain
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Misguided Guru for the Socially Unaware - Portrait of Arj Barker
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Fabulous Moustachio'd Lady - Portrait of Adam Richard
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Linguistic Feminist - Portrait of Cal Wilson
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Sharp Mutha - Portrait of Urzila Carlson.
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Teetotaller - Portrait of Fiona O'Loughlin
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Self Help Cramming - Portrait of Luke McGregor