Portrait No.6 – Compressed Presence (2025) Original Acrylic Painting by Sara Richardson Artist

Portrait No.6 explores the figure through density, restraint and accumulated surface rather than direct representation. Layered passages of paint and controlled shifts in structure create a compressed visual field where forms emerge through pressure, reduction and material interaction.

The image resists fixed resolution, moving between abstraction and recognition without settling into a stable depiction. Areas of containment and disruption operate simultaneously, allowing the surface to hold tension while maintaining a unified sense of presence.

• Original acrylic painting on archival paper
• Unframed; ideal for custom framing
• Ships flat with protective archival packaging
• Signed and includes Certificate of Authenticity

Part of the ongoing Portrait series, Portrait No.6 can be installed as a standalone work or alongside other works from the series.

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Specifications at a glace:
Work: original painting, one of a kind, unframed
Medium: acrylic, gesso and pencil on 400gsm archival lightly textured paper / edges masked with a 0.5" border for easier framing and handling
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Chesapeake Bay Area Figurative

Materials used:

acrylic, gesso and pencil on pH neutral lightly textured 400gsm paper

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Paper
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 45.72 x 60.96 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 43.18 x 58.42cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Abstract
• Subject: People and portraits