Portraits (2022 - )

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What is it that we see in people that can only be described through abstraction?

Habibi, 2023
Oil on Linen
127.1 x 61.5 cm
Spiritual Healer (27 | F | London & Bali)

Keep Going, 2022
Oil on Linen
91.2 x 91.2 cm
Tech CEO (23 | F | London & Monaco)

Heliopolis
Oil on Linen
60.2x90.4cm
Doctor (31 | M | London)

Voyage, 2022
Oil on Linen
90.3 x 60.4 cm
Restraunteur (33 | F | London | Porto)

Soar, 2022
Oil on Linen
110.1 x 90.2 cm
Gallery Owner (31 | F | New York, Moscow & Miami)

Be You, 2022
Oil on Linen
110.1 x 90.2 cm
Fashion Designer (33 | M | New York & Miami)

Blossom, 2023
Oil on Linen
107.1 x 107.1 cm
Hotelier (46 | M | Tel Aviv & Miami)

Ongoing Project
Oil on Linen
Various Sizes

Process

The portrait series focuses on capturing an abstract idea and validating it through a subjective lens.
A sitter shares their perspective on love through an unstructured interview exploring peak and aspirational experiences of love.
A work is created while listening to repeats of the interview.
The work is presented to the sitter
If it aligns with their experience and receives their approval, it is considered complete and valid.

I sit in Awe

There is a flame that you carry around,
You hide it from the world to keep it safe.
Helping it grow, ensuring it doesn’t go out.
I see it when you walk, I see it when you dance.
As you move through the crowd, I see them feel it on their skin.
But they don’t see it like I do.
When you look at me
and show me what it really is
I sit in awe.
For when you show me what you really are,
I see what you’ve had to become,
to stop the darkness that wants to consume us all.

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