![]() ![]() Guy is actually the first portrait I painted using this technique. Can you tell me a little about this painting and your relationship with it? I also noticed that this was the only painting which had been taken off from its stretcher, and the canvas had been very simply pinned to the wall. The painting which stood out for me most was Guy: I’m fascinated by the anonymous nature of the subject.I was really surprised by the honesty of her photograph, and I’m sure this is the reason for which I love her portrait so much. She almost looked older than she did in reality. ![]() One girl really left an impression on me, I was so certain that she was going to send me a pretty picture with makeup layered on her face, posing and pouting for the camera… But when I received her photograph she was so amazingly beautiful: she had taken a picture of herself one morning, without any makeup, and you could see that she had just woken up. In photographs where they’re trying too hard, I feel that, in a way, people’s personalities die. Getting people to feel comfortable is the most challenging thing, without them trying to look cute or cool. I give each of my subjects a list of my requirements, the most important being that they stare straight into the camera, and look absolutely natural. Nowadays I only work from photographs, and I’m quite picky about how they should be. I used to work exclusively with live models sitting for me, until I realised how exhausting it was for the both of us.
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