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portrait in blue 11-13-25 (2025)Oil painting by Thomas Donaldson
40 x 50 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
£450
Original artwork description
Portrait in Blue 11-13-25 is a small-scale study in imperfect beauty — a quiet resistance to the polished, airbrushed AI ideals that are starting to dominate visual culture. Through impasto, staining, and scraping, I build and reveal the surface, allowing texture and accident to become central to the image. The muted palette is punctuated by moments of vibrant color, not to idealize, but to highlight the tension between expectation and reality. This is not a portrait of perfection, but of presence — where flaws, unevenness, and materiality become the very source of its beauty.
Artwork signed on the back and includes a certificate of authenticity.
the artwork will be shipped in a study tube and will arrive 7-10 days after dispatch
Materials used:
acrylics and oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 50 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#expressive#beauty#portraitpainting#worksoncanvas
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Original artwork description
Portrait in Blue 11-13-25 is a small-scale study in imperfect beauty — a quiet resistance to the polished, airbrushed AI ideals that are starting to dominate visual culture. Through impasto, staining, and scraping, I build and reveal the surface, allowing texture and accident to become central to the image. The muted palette is punctuated by moments of vibrant color, not to idealize, but to highlight the tension between expectation and reality. This is not a portrait of perfection, but of presence — where flaws, unevenness, and materiality become the very source of its beauty.
Artwork signed on the back and includes a certificate of authenticity.
the artwork will be shipped in a study tube and will arrive 7-10 days after dispatch
Materials used:
acrylics and oils
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 40 x 50 x 2.5cm (unframed) / 40 x 50cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the back
- Style: Expressive and gestural
- Subject: People and portraits
Tags:
#expressive#beauty#portraitpainting#worksoncanvas
Thomas Donaldson
Thailand
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