This portrait is the result of a workshop run by a performance artist who creates larger than life portraits in a single sitting.
The challenge was to take a black and white image and imagine the portrait in bold colors. We were encouraged to consider ‘rivers of dark and light’ as we connected elements of the portrait.
I painted about 80% of the portrait in the workshop – it lay incomplete gathering dust. Finally in 2023 I finished it by adding highlights in oil paint.