My portraits are not aimed at? capturing an external resemblance of a subject; but rather? a portal to an inner journey of self-exploration. All right? do not use models in an effort to produce a realistic image? Although photos are my starting point, I mainly rely on free memory processes and creative imagination. Do my portraits encapsulate? truism: the subject of all art is, ultimately, the self.
By mixing, building, cutting, detailing and finishing the pictorial layers, the paintings become textured and rich, transmitting both the complexity and the raw emotion. Moving from realism to abstraction, portraits evoke a tension between external representation? and what is there? below. Exploring the polarities inherent in the internal and external components of portraiture.
