Little biographical information is currently available about J. O’Sullivan, an artist connected to the Byron Bay period of Fred Genis’s career.
What exists speaks for itself. Freddy Master Printer — edition 20 of 25 — is a portrait lithograph of Fred Genis at work, bent over the stone with roller in hand, entirely absorbed in the act of printing. It is drawn with confidence, warmth, and genuine technical skill, the figure emerging from a cloud of ink and atmosphere that feels entirely appropriate for a portrait of a man who spent his life working at the stone.
That an artist chose to make Fred himself the subject of a lithograph is among the most personal tributes in the entire collection — a printer honoured in the very medium he served.
We welcome any further biographical information about this artist.
