The Portrait is in all Art. If it’s not a portrait of someone, It’s the work itself, in whatever form it manifests, that is ultimately an Artists self portrait.
When I first opened a studio/portrait shop in NDSM, Amsterdam. I put a sign in the window which read.
‘Immortality €50’.
Wood on wood. Charcoal on paper.
100% natural immortality guaranteed.
A portrait lasts longer than you ever will. Etc etc. Sitting for a portrait is an experience like no other. For both the Model & Artist.
Their guess is as good as mine on how it will look.
Every portrait is as unique as there are humans wishing to be immortalised in this wild world.
