{PORTRAIT OF A BURDENED MAN}
Oil painting
{A WOMAN'S QUEST FOR PEACE}
Oil on acrylic
36" x 24"
{DOUBLE PORTRAIT}
Oil on gallery canvas
30" x 30"
{A WOMAN AT ARTIST'S STUDIO}
Oil on gallery canvas
36" x 30"
{FRIENDSHIP}
Oil on gallery canvas
30" x 30"
{MOTHERHOOD}
Oil on gallery canvas
36" x 30"
{GYPSY}
Oil on acrylic, on gallery canvas
36" x 24"
{WOMAN IN RED GOWN}
Oil on gallery canvas
36" x 30"
{LESSON}
Oil on gallery canvas
36" x 30"
As a painter, I choose to celebrate the beauty of the female body on my canvas, enlisting techniques drawn from both the past and present.
Initially, I was very much influenced by some of the old masters’ techniques such as under-painting and glazing. To these, I added more contemporary measures such as a unique dotted brush stroke in a controlled overlay.
In the portraits of these women, I seek to capture their emotions and character as well as to reflect their dignity as human beings. For example, in the canvas entitled “Friendship”, the deeply troubled relationship is conveyed through the avoidance of eye contact. The boyish haircut reflects a contemporary “cool” style, whereas holding hands does not.
A further case in point is the double portrait painting. One Oriental woman wears a traditional costume while the other is in contemporary, modern, westernized attire. Drawing on inner judgment, in an atmosphere of conflict, there is an attempt to distinguish between the right approach and the wrong one.
