click image to view Northshore Times, April 1 2009
“O’Farrell is hanging in Parliament”

"An antique writing slope was the article of significance Barry O'Farrell chose to include in Roseville artist Dee Jackson's Portrait. The watercolour joins others of MPs with nominated objects in the "Parliament Objects" exhibition, which opens at Parliament House today.

Jackson said that the first time she saw the State Liberal MP for Ku-ring-gai and Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell, he was sitting at a computer.

The portrait shows Mr O'Farrell in an open necked shirt, sleeves rolled up at this desk. 'I wanted to paint him as if he has just looked up from his work, relaxed and approachable to reflect his character,' she said."