Title of the Work of Art:

Melissa

Genre:
Portrait
Period-Movement:
Postmodern Art
Date of Creation:
2023
Technique:
Painting
Materials:
Watercolor on Paper
Dimensions:
Not Stated


Artwork Description:
Melissa, her beauty distilled through the artist’s lens, becomes both portrait and archetype—a meditation on presence and allure. Golden-yellow hair, a white face, and shining red lips. Her eyes are like two precious gems of exuberant nature. Portrait was inspired by the gallery assistants who worked with Behr-Thyssen Ltd. The artist exaggerated and distorted their likenesses in this magnificent exercise, aligning with examples of Marlene Dumas' watercolors and Henry Maticce's works featuring female beauties.