Portrait Studies
The subject is
not the face. It is what the face withholds. Suffering, vulnerability, what a
person carries and does not show. Each portrait is painted without knowing the outcome. Deconstructed, distorted, worked until the image asserts itself before
thought, before analysis, before the brain engages. Close up, paint. Step back,
a person. Never fully resolved, never fully arrived at.
Three studies of Danny (Triptych) , Oil on Canvas, 16W x 20H (in) x 3,#737 ©
Three studies of Chrysa (Triptych) , Oil on Canvas, 16W x 20H (in) x 3,#717 ©
Three studies of Angela (Triptych), Oil on Canvas, 16W x 20H (in) x 3, #740 ©
Three studies of Laura (Triptych),Oil on Canvas, 20W x 24H (in) x 3, #711 ©
Three studies of Billy (Triptych), Oil on Canvas, 16W x 20H (in) x 3, #725 ©
Three studies of Alex (Triptych), Oil on Canvas, 20W x 24H (in) x 3, #714 ©
Three studies of self (Triptych), Oil on Canvas, 20W x 24H (in) x 3, #697 ©
Two studies of Billy (Diptych), Oil on Canvas, 20W x 24H (in) x 2, #723 ©
Three studies of Billy (Triptych), Oil on Canvas, 20W x 24H (in) x 3, #675 ©
Three studies of Alex (Triptych), Oil on Canvas, 60W x 24H (in) x 3, #671 ©
Three studies of
Angela (Triptych), Oil on Canvas 24W x 30H (in) x 3, #648 ©
The following studies are a small sample of the work that
can be found in Discovering the Ambush collection. These studies came before
the current work, early attempts to leave a portrait unresolved. All the
studies are oil on flat canvas, 10W x 16HUntitled, #639 ©
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