the puppeteer, portrait of Soraya D.
huile sur toile, 100×100 cm
I decided to make a series of square format portraits. This is the second one. It is about seeing the beauty of a face, a bearing, a carriage, an expression, a gaze, and placing them in a square without succumbing to idealization. The beauty of a presence. The subject is no longer a model; it is an encounter, a reference without referent. How far can painting grasp the truth? That is the only question. The technique must submit to it. As a result, I paint more slowly.