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Comment by Resident Curator on March 21, 2015 at 7:09pm

Curators Comments:

 

The hot, saturated oranges and pinks bring robust energy and verve to this portrait.  The face is somewhat familiar, but communicates a general happiness that is universal.  I like the directionality of hatched marks in the drawing.  As seen in many of your other pieces, the energetic lines pull away from the center of the faces/heads, keeping the facial expressions from reading as stilted and formal.  I also enjoy the manner in which the subject fills the picture plane. The small amount of background coming through in a brown sliver on the far upper right is suitable warm, and harmonizes with the fleshy color palette. While I imagine these works could have been produced from photographic sources, I do not see a Photorealist approach in the sense of uniform, flattened detailing. There is hierarchy in the decisions being made, to emphasize character over likeness.

Comment by Courtney Wyatt on September 11, 2011 at 1:26am

I really adore how much character and personality this portrait has.