Noel Thurgate Ivor
acrylic on canvas
180 x 90 cm
Image courtesy the artist
The subject of this portrait by Noel Thurgate is artist Ivor Fabok (born 1955). At the time the portrait was painted, Thurgate and Fabok were neighbours in the inner city suburb of Surry Hills and frequented the same local pub, the Albury Hotel, which is where Thurgate got to know some of his other Archibald subjects. The two have remained close friends ever since.