Janine Daddo Celebrating Life’s Pleasures By Andrew Dixon Photos: Yanni
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anine Daddo is a household name on the Mornington Peninsula. Once a creative executive in Melbourne’s advertising world, she turned her talents to art some nine years ago, and has met nothing but success for her efforts. She credits her rise to fame with her unique yet contemporary visual style, and has recently turned her attention to sculpting, with the support and engineering skills of her partner Clinton. “I go out to the studio at about 7am, when it’s still dark. The dogs follow me out, hanging with me until about 10 when I finally bring them back up to the house and reward their loyalty with breakfast. They each have a favourite chair, but their footprints
end up all over the house!” In addition to her pets, she shares her home with her two kids, one of whom is on the verge of entering the wild world of advertising himself. “I’ve had all sorts of studios and I’ve always painted at home, being a single parent, so I’ve had my work on hand and they’ve had Mum,” an obvious source of inspiration. And so began the search for someone with the skills to take her legendary paintings into the metaphorical third dimension, leaving the creative ball firmly in her court. “I started interviewing guys to see if I could find someone to work with, and there’s a lot of amazing, talented people out there. But when they’re the supercontinued next page...
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