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I love faces, every character is different, each one has something unique about them.

I painted a broad spectrum of people for a portrait project last year. This piece is on a larger scale than most.

It is a luxurious feeling being able to paint a face to the scale of the man here. I use fairly broad brush strokes generally - I like to keep areas of tone very defined. It is more descriptive and expressive. I like to leave alone the blues, khaki, olive, lilac - flesh colours that are essential and deserve to stand proud.

This couple are soul mates. I wanted to paint them in a way that both are equally significant, and this composition is unashamedly stolen form Abba's 'Knowing Me Knowing You' video - Abba fans will know what I mean.

Midnight blue background mirrors his shirt but also illuminates their wonderful faces. It is an imposing portrait, but I love it for that - there is a lot of information there.

Edges midnight blue.

Materials used:

oil

Tags:
#beard #soul mates 

We Are (2019) Oil painting
by Jo Beer

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I love faces, every character is different, each one has something unique about them.

I painted a broad spectrum of people for a portrait project last year. This piece is on a larger scale than most.

It is a luxurious feeling being able to paint a face to the scale of the man here. I use fairly broad brush strokes generally - I like to keep areas of tone very defined. It is more descriptive and expressive. I like to leave alone the blues, khaki, olive, lilac - flesh colours that are essential and deserve to stand proud.

This couple are soul mates. I wanted to paint them in a way that both are equally significant, and this composition is unashamedly stolen form Abba's 'Knowing Me Knowing You' video - Abba fans will know what I mean.

Midnight blue background mirrors his shirt but also illuminates their wonderful faces. It is an imposing portrait, but I love it for that - there is a lot of information there.

Edges midnight blue.

Materials used:

oil

Tags:
#beard #soul mates 
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Selected for the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery 2025. Selected for Women in Art, Mall Galleries, London 2024 Sky PAOTY 2016 Sky PAOTY 2013. There is no... Read more

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