The Opera Singer

Mixed media on panel with inset collage and antique frame corners

A face with wide eyes and open mouth surfaces through smoky grisaille brushwork, wild grey hair dissolving into swept birds overhead, salvaged ornate frame corners clamping the composition like brackets. Assembled in layers, it is a portrait of a voice mid-flight — the note becoming a flock.

Materials

Oil, Paper, Found Object

Themes

MusicPortraitTransformation

Palette