Selection of sketches from life model sessions I hosted in 2015.

A portrait of an actress as Melpomene, the muse of tragedy.

Selection of sketches from life model sessions I hosted in 2014

Selection of sketches from life model sessions I hosted in 2013

Manifesting my experience from a trip into an experimental narrative.

Addressing conflicting structural framework again, this time concerning being in the position of seeing (apocalypse/revelation), yet being faced with the problems which arise out of the clarity. Cherubim is a concept of a spiritual being that goes back to Mesopotamia, later evolving in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles. The appearances throughout history vary widely, some of the later described it as being full of eyes. 

While continuing the introspective process further internally, I am simultaneously beginning to attempt applying these views to my context. A lot of ideas are cooking, that seem to be rooted in the nature of this painting and the last one. They are focusing on the people around me, and how has my connection with them affected my own views, thought process, and emotional state. 

While a portrait of someone, the painting is more about my point of view. Looking out, but above from underneath, as if through a layer, and from a distance. Establishing a connection with the surface by using puddlemaking to address the flatness of the picture plane yet imply a window (dimension). The subject is attempting to reach through the canvas but is ultimately unable to make full contact. Hair is a specific material that came about as a medium since in itself it carries a natural material existence, becoming a veil symbolizing a form of blindness and dismissal towards what is unseen in the material realm. The mouth is a verbal yet sensual organ through which some form of connection is pursued. However, since it is viewed as an exaggeration of self (hyperbole), the window is closing up.