Faces||Story

Completing paintings is always a great sense of accomplishment. I recently applied for the Durham Art Guild Golden Belt Residency, but in order to have a cohesive portfolio for my application, I needed to paint several more portraits to expand the Faces||Story series.

The series started with portraits of an African woman, a cowboy, and Henry Kissinger. I have a huge passion for people: their faces, eyes, emotions, beauties, pains, and joys. So, this series, unlike many others, is not difficult for me to stick with. It is important to note that within this series is a smaller series, which was commissioned by Strouse, my boyfriend and subsequently a collector. He admired the style of the first three portraits and wanted paintings of his own that represented who he deemed “Badasses:” Cynthia McKinney, Ron Paul, Dead Prez, Dennis Kucinich, and Steven Jones. The series will continue to grow with people recognizable, individuals you may need to look up, and others that are more a representation of a population or emotion rather than a real person.

So, here are a couple I completed within the past few weeks. What do you think? Who would you like to see added to the series?