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Royal Society of Portrait Painters' annual exhibition catalogue 2016

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Looking at portraits, Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries

Category: News16th August 2016

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Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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Today's post is dedicated to Laura Quinn Harris' self-portrait, which is displayed in the annual Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition. Visit the entire display on the Mall Galleries website via the link in bio!

Here you can see this unique self-portrait represented in different stages of its creation!

"The idea for my fourth self-portrait came about when I found myself suffering from a subconjunctival haemorrhage for the third time. The first time it happened was at a moment of extreme stress and it left my eye susceptible to a recurrence until the blood vessel had properly healed. Whilst not painful, nor was it much fun having a nasty looking blood-filled eye and, when it happened for the third time, I thought I might as well vent my frustration in paint.

I decided on a tightly cropped composition to make my right eye the focal point and painted it at more or less life-size, with the painting measuring just 20 x 15 cm. Using oils on gesso-primed mdf, I built up the detail over several layers, keeping the background dark and accentuating my freckles. The portrait now serves as a reminder to me of the vulnerability of both the human body and mind to stress." ... See MoreSee Less

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