Images of Eyes Gallery II
Surreal Nude Paintings by Charles Billich
Australia

Charles Billich is an award-winning, internationally-acclaimed artist from Australia--he is also the Official Sports Artist for the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Billich’s painting entitled “Beijing Cityscape” was the official image used by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee in its bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games.  With the success of the Beijing bid, Billich conceived a series of sensational images based on the “Bing Ma Yong” terracotta warriors.  These international treasures are being transposed by Billich into images of the New Millennium, imbuing them with a new life and an everlasting future.

Billich describes his work as surrealist, and states “I manipulate reality.  I turn it into some kind of symbolic analysis which works on several levels of meaning.  There is a touch of irony in what I paint as there is in all surreal art.  It contains a fair amount of humor.”  He paints and draws in all media, and sculpts in precious and semi-precious metals.

Billich is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the coveted Spoleto Prize in Italy.  He was awarded “Order of the Eagle” for the International Appointment as “Sports Artist of the Year 2000” by the prestigious American Sports Academy, and was the official artist for the Australian Olympic Team at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, the Melbourne Cup, and the Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix.

Billich editions and originals adorn boardrooms, galleries, and collections across five continents.  Charles Billich has exhibited at some of the world’s most renowned venues.  As an honored guest and resident artist, he continues to travel the world to fulfill numerous commissions and projects.

His paintings explore themes reflecting his own obsessions, fantasies and thwarted ambitions; ballet and sport, architecture and town planning, stage and portraiture, and classicism and eroticism.  It is from this latter category that we have selected six of Billich’s works to be included in this gallery.

A more comprehensive description of Billich’s extraordinary 40-year painting career, and views of his famous sport works and other images, can be seen at his website (address at bottom of page).

"Passion" by Charles Billich
Image Copyright © by Charles Billich

"Siren" by Charles Billich
Image Copyright © by Charles Billich

"Mother and Child" by Charles Billich
Image Copyright © by Charles Billich

"Beauty and Beast III" by Charles Billich
Image Copyright © by Charles Billich

"Ripe" by Charles Billich
Image Copyright © by Charles Billich

"Lovers" by Charles Billich
Image Copyright © by Charles Billich

More of Billich's paintings can be viewed at http://www.billich.com.au/home.html
Billick's email is art@billich.com.au

Page updated July 18, 2007

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