“Absolutely amazing”: the Canberra connection to this year’s Sydney Affordable Art Fair

Key points

• Canberra artist Bridie O'Brien's painting Moonlighting as a Vagabond has been chosen as the hero image for this year's Affordable Art Fair Sydney. The fair runs from Thursday 5 November to Sunday 8 November at Carriageworks in Eveleigh.
• O'Brien said she was shocked by the news, and the image will appear on flags along George Street. The painting was inspired by a cove near Huskisson, reached by motorcycle rides from Canberra to Berry.
• O'Brien, a former professional guitarist, went full time as an artist in 2020.