This painting uses clay that naturally cracks during the drying process, allowing the material itself to echo the passage of time and the vulnerability of the figure. The portrait is created, painted, aged, weathered, and marked by the process of its own making. Suspended in a state of endurance and shaped both by life and decay….. To me, portrait painting (and still lifes for that matter) is not just about rendering a likeness. It’s about exploring identity, perception, memory, and existence. I use abstraction, fragmentation, mixed media, and even material decay to challenge what a person even is. There is life in everything, and everything is connected.
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