Original artwork description:

The Korean girl (L'une 39)
portrait of a Korean girl, dressed in Hanbok (a Korean traditional dress)

retaken now, on June 2025
- This portrait plays with the contrast between control and chaos. I started with a more realistic face and then let instinct take over — using bold marks, bright color, and even paint drips to break it apart.

It’s not about destroying the subject, but about interrupting perfection — letting in something more emotional, more urgent. I don’t over-explain it; it’s meant to be felt more than decoded.

But I like that tension between something delicate and something raw.

What is the meaning of L'une ?
It is a double meaning word. I found it appropriate for this series; in French it means "the one" (she), and "Lune" - moon.

It's a moody portraits series, where I want to express the fragility and beauty of the woman features, by trying to capture a moment, an impression. They seem reflexive, or day dreaming, or maybe slipping into a melancholic, undefined mood.

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- mixed media (collage - colored glass pebbles) and oil on canvas
- two coats of satin varnish
- canvas, gallery-wrapped frame.
- it is ready to hang or you can frame it, as you wish.

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pink, raw energy, splash, girl portrait, Korean, study, figure painting, one of a kind art, detail, face, collage

Materials used:

canvas, oil, acrylic, varnish, collage

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