lots of faces… in watercolour, fabric and oils. I got some big canvases the last time I was in Chihuahua and painted some huge faces and it was great!
Faces are for seeing, for revealing who you are, for validating what i do (as I paint there is someone watching me) for exploring who I am.
I finish a face a realise it’s sad or happy or has a sense of purpose to it and it surprises me.
Faces i suppose go all the way back to babyhood when its the first thing that catches our attention. Our mothers face. A baby reacts to things that have the same structure as a face. They will look at faces quicker than anything else.
February 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Isn’t it always a surprise when faces emerge? I draw out a basic sketch of where I want the eyes and mouth to be but they just sort of paint themselves. I becoming more open to letting even the ones that aren’t as beautiful or happy come through too~
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Very nice artworks across different media
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Cat