Gordon Hanley is an Australian artist and its first ARC Living Master.
Gordon Hanley specialises in drawings in the medium of gold and silver metal on paper. Becoming a master of the Renaissance art of Silverpoint (drawing with a silver wire on a sheet of specially undercoated paper) he now draws mainly in 24K gold, platinum and pure silver on paper, creating these beautiful and unique images.
New Book Release 2025
Gordon Hanley – The Intriguing Art of Metalpoint covers the period from 2010 to September of 2024 and features 130 drawings in 24K gold, pure silver and platinum metal depicting an array of subject matter comprising still life, wildlife, ballet, portraits, and figure drawings, mainly of women. Since those first forays into metalpoint art, Gordon Hanley has created over 300 published drawings, an astonishing output that very rapidly propelled him into one of the foremost artists of this medium in the world. Included in this volume are several step by step demonstrations as well as links via QR code to videos that give the reader a very good idea of the drawing process. He is recognised by the prestigious Art Renewal Centre (the largest realist art group in the world) as the first and only “Living Master” in the medium. Perhaps more than any other living artist, he has advanced the understanding and techniques of this art form, expanding its possibilities to integrate it with other art forms and media.