portrait paintings
Past Portraiture: An exploration of ancestral affiliation, 2012, acrylic and pen on board
Exhibited at Crows Nest Regional Gallery 2012
Artist Statement
Portraiture has been used as a device for nobility to remain immortal in time, to tell stories, for shameless self-promotion, and for an exploration into a deeper self-understanding. It is a means to penetrate into the character of the sitter and the artist. As a young emerging artist portraiture has become an important element for further exploration in order to create a sense of self-understanding. After witnessing historical documents of my ancestor Samurai Katsumoto Katagiri, for the first time in 2011, a spark ignited my curiosity and desire to experiment with the subject of self-representation and the human form. By using the aesthetic f traditional Japanese art and ornamental design, this body of work has culminated from research into portraiture linking to my Japanese heritage. It also documents an important journey of self-discovery, understanding and transformation, as referenced in each work's title.
Portraiture has been used as a device for nobility to remain immortal in time, to tell stories, for shameless self-promotion, and for an exploration into a deeper self-understanding. It is a means to penetrate into the character of the sitter and the artist. As a young emerging artist portraiture has become an important element for further exploration in order to create a sense of self-understanding. After witnessing historical documents of my ancestor Samurai Katsumoto Katagiri, for the first time in 2011, a spark ignited my curiosity and desire to experiment with the subject of self-representation and the human form. By using the aesthetic f traditional Japanese art and ornamental design, this body of work has culminated from research into portraiture linking to my Japanese heritage. It also documents an important journey of self-discovery, understanding and transformation, as referenced in each work's title.
Poised for battle, 2012, acrylic on canvas board
In the beginning there was, 2012 acrylic on canvas board
By this stage I decided to give her the bird, 2012 acrylic on canvas board
If my hair was this long I could sit on it, 2012 acrylic on canvas board
Displaying your clean laundry is still dirty, 2012, acrylic on canvas board
If I knew what she was thinking I still wouldn't tell you, 2012, acrylic on canvas board
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Vanity or Insanity?, 2012, acrylic on canvas board
If you stare long enough she still won't blink, 2012 acrylic on canvas board
Moving forward, looking back, 2012, acrylic on canvas board
A brush with reality, 2012, acrylic on board
Warrior worrier, 2012, acrylic on canvas board
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