Original artwork description:

a little study for "Dignity" series.
retaken now, Jun 2025

Hi, I started working with this kind of portrait more recently — where the image gets interrupted, broken, layered with aggressive marks or color. Not to destroy it, but to shift the focus.

It’s about contrast: between a painted, recognizable face and something more raw, uncertain. I’m interested in what happens when a portrait stops being about likeness and becomes something else — more emotional, more instinctive.

materials used:

- heavy textured oil and acrylic paints, some oil pastel on board/mdf
- it is ready to hang or you can frame it, as you wish

Framing options can be discussed, please message me for more details before making the order - I can ship it framed with a modern frame, for approx. 60 Euro more (it includes the shipping cost difference).

====

small format, portrait, study, man, beard, nobleman, raw energy, deconstruction, instinctive, claire obscure, figure study

Materials used:

oils, acrylic, pencil, varnish on board

Tags: