Self Portrait With a Traditional Chinese Fan
Context: The oil painting I create use the human face as a vehicle for emotion. From birth, we have all practiced the art of deriving information from faces; expressions are the universal language of the human race. I paint realistic portraits, enhanced by extreme contrast in value, to evoke an emotional response in viewers and to translate information.The confrontation of direct eye contact from the subject encourages the audience to engage and attempt to understand the person in the painting. Reading a cold, detached text allows for a more open interpretation from the observer. In this painting Empty jar, my intention is that viewers will wonder what thoughts and emotions lie behind the callous expression of the subject.
Painting
30 x 20 x 1.2
$5,000.00
Type Medium Here
Oil paint on linen canvas
