above: THE FURTHEST THING FROM OUR MINDS, acrylic on canvas, 61 x 81 cm.
I'm sure you've noticed how, when people look in a mirror, they compose their features into a more pleasing aspect. This is their view of themselves.
That's why I don't do many portraits and I don't do many self portraits for the same reason. lol.
Some of these works go back twenty years. I bet those subjects don't look this way now, so may be the argument is academic after all. above:Three studies of KAREN, pastel on paper, 27 x 60 cm. cm. below left: JOSSIE, conte crayon on paper, 74 x 59 cm. collection; Ms. Anita Ellis. below right: NICOLETTE, litho crayon on paper, 74 x 59 cm.
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above: PAUL, pastel, 50 x 75 cm below: PORTRAIT OF THE EDITOR, DEBORAH THOMAS, acrylic on nine canvas panels, 92 x 92 cm. bottom: ENCOUNTER, acrylic on canvas, 91 x 123 cm, collection Mr. and Mrs. P Thurlstone. |
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above: NICOLETTE IN A HAT. pastel on paper, 50 x 75 cm. below: THE MEETING , pencil. approx 60 x 60 cm.
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