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Unit 7 - Portrait

Distorted Beauty
Acrylic, Sand, Tissue Paper and Ribbons on Canvas
81 x 101 cm
May 2016
Distorted Beauty is a painting inspired by Modigliani and Richard Phillips’ Spectrum. The painting depicts a face of a young girl, however is distorted with elongated and uneven facial features, portraying our own image of ourselves, and how we criticize ourselves constantly of our physical beauty. A variety of textures are explored through the piece in order to create depth and ribbon is weaved on the face in order to further distort the portrait.

Page #1
Brainstorm

Page #2
Paint Techniques Media Experiment

Page #3
Media Experiment

Page #4
Richard Phillips Artist Research

Page #5
Process Pages

Page #6
Process Pages (cont...)

Page #7
Distorted Beauty
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