This week, Melbourne artist Dudley Drew unveiled a new version of his lost 1947 portrait of the late Bert Deacon: in the presence of Bert’s widow, Jean and son Robert. The portrait is basically true to the original, but boasts one slight embellishment - Dudley has painted in Bert’s ’47 Brownlow, which can be seen dangling from the trophy.
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Dudley Drew talks to CFC TV about his memories of his friend Bert Deacon, and about the painting he has just completed of Deacon completing a high mark over Richmond’s Roy Smeaton at Punt Road.
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