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ARTWORK ID: 6016
CATEGORY: Portraits (a model release form from the subject must be supplied)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This portrait sits between intimacy and distance.
It moves beyond likeness toward an act of sustained observation. The subject's averted gaze resists engagement, maintaining an interiority that remains her own.
Light is used deliberately to structure the image: warm and concentrated against a dark ground, drawing the figure forward while allowing surrounding elements to recede. The dissolution of the hair into shadow softens the boundary between figure and field, reinforcing a sense of emergence rather than fixed presence.
The work avoids idealisation, locating its strength in restraint, stillness, and clarity of form. It acknowledges the limits of knowing: the subject remains both recognised and unresolved.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 700mm x 900mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1kg
ARTIST LOCATION: NICKOL, WA
ARTWORK ID: 6016
CATEGORY: Portraits (a model release form from the subject must be supplied)
ARTIST STATEMENT:
This portrait sits between intimacy and distance.
It moves beyond likeness toward an act of sustained observation. The subject's averted gaze resists engagement, maintaining an interiority that remains her own.
Light is used deliberately to structure the image: warm and concentrated against a dark ground, drawing the figure forward while allowing surrounding elements to recede. The dissolution of the hair into shadow softens the boundary between figure and field, reinforcing a sense of emergence rather than fixed presence.
The work avoids idealisation, locating its strength in restraint, stillness, and clarity of form. It acknowledges the limits of knowing: the subject remains both recognised and unresolved.
MEDIUM: Acrylic on canvas
ARTWORK DIMENSIONS (width x height): 700mm x 900mm
WEIGHT (approx): 1kg
ARTIST LOCATION: NICKOL, WA