Shaped Portraits
Permeated by Architectural Structures
What does a face, and the shapes that it holds inside, tell us? - How do we define a person by what we see? How do we define a building by looking at its outside wall? We can examine the exterior of a building and wonder what is held inside just as we look at a face or a body. We might describe a building as pompous or bold by the way in which it is ornamented, as we might speculate on the delicate features of a woman and imagine her character to be soft and serene. When we look at a figure or at an architectural form long enough we start to see the substructure and the shapes that are held within, as we then draw conclusions about the character of what we see. However, when we look on and manage to gaze into someone's eyes, as we sometimes get a chance to peek into a window and get a glimpse of the interior , we can get a sense of what a person feels.
Through faces, figures and architectural structures floating, dispersed into space I try to stimulate the viewer to look at the shapes within the shapes and the way it is constructed, to obtain another perspective. In such a way as though the thoughts of the person portrayed in the drawing or painting are exposed in abstract forms. The images show a staircase from a cheekbone and a doorway into the eyes - , an accumulation of geometrical forms and segments, like scaffolding that is held against the fleshy part of the face,- a rectangular beam protrudes out from the iris while architectural forms transcends into the bone structure. These portraits, in which lie a maze of secret passage ways, try to lead us somewhere and might answer a question, but to each of us they say something different.
Permeated by Architectural Structures
What does a face, and the shapes that it holds inside, tell us? - How do we define a person by what we see? How do we define a building by looking at its outside wall? We can examine the exterior of a building and wonder what is held inside just as we look at a face or a body. We might describe a building as pompous or bold by the way in which it is ornamented, as we might speculate on the delicate features of a woman and imagine her character to be soft and serene. When we look at a figure or at an architectural form long enough we start to see the substructure and the shapes that are held within, as we then draw conclusions about the character of what we see. However, when we look on and manage to gaze into someone's eyes, as we sometimes get a chance to peek into a window and get a glimpse of the interior , we can get a sense of what a person feels.
Through faces, figures and architectural structures floating, dispersed into space I try to stimulate the viewer to look at the shapes within the shapes and the way it is constructed, to obtain another perspective. In such a way as though the thoughts of the person portrayed in the drawing or painting are exposed in abstract forms. The images show a staircase from a cheekbone and a doorway into the eyes - , an accumulation of geometrical forms and segments, like scaffolding that is held against the fleshy part of the face,- a rectangular beam protrudes out from the iris while architectural forms transcends into the bone structure. These portraits, in which lie a maze of secret passage ways, try to lead us somewhere and might answer a question, but to each of us they say something different.