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Watercolor Portraits

debby
irma
aurora
yair
sivan
private collection
vera
shimon
dana
neil
judy
grushka
portrait
ethiopian woman
girl with braids
woman with the red dress
seated musician
ethiopian woman in a blue dress
jasmin with flowers
self portrait
woman with the red shawl
yasmin
red dress
redhead
portrait
menachem zur
anita
cellist
cellist group
nicole
sara
maureen-portrait

Watercolor

I have painted portraits for as long as I have been painting, and find it endlessly fascinating. What are the proportions and minute differences that differentiate one face from others?

Faces are the clue to identity & personality, and I use the features to explore the inner nature of my subjects. As the face is our mask, or calling-card, many people have learned to control their features in order to present to the world a persona that they have chosen. Therefore when I am commissioned to paint a portrait I talk to the person all the while, in order to interpret their real character with insight. There is truth versus flattery. During the long stare at the subject, which often makes them uneasy at first, one really “learns” the face. It is not that important for me to get an exact likeness, although I have no problem doing so. My real aim is to discover the true person and their inner spirit.

There is a dialogue – the portrait exists with the sitter’s participation in the artist’s vision. Each gives the other a gift in the confrontation.

The painted portrait has a special status in the family or business world: it has presence, and people tend to attach more weight and importance to it than to a photograph.
Through the features or pose or clothes one can read (encoded) symbols that establish status, ethnicity, idealism, power, fragility.

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