Memory is a self portrait. This painting was part of a theme I have been working on were things are obscured or hidden. The title of the painting ‘Memory’ comes from the fact that the curtains I am looking at come from my old family home. After the birth of my daughter I was living in the family home and used to close these curtains in the living room when she was napping during the day. I loved how the light glowed through the curtains and felt compelled to capture them in paint. As a portrait artist I couldn’t resist making the painting personal by adding myself into it. As these curtains held so many memories of my childhood and the awareness of the approaching sale of the home I felt a nostalgia for the past. I couldn’t keep the house but I could paint a memory of it.
Memory is a self portrait. This painting was part of a theme I have been working on were things are obscured or hidden. The title of the painting ‘Memory’ comes from the fact that the curtains I am looking at come from my old family home. After the birth of my daughter I was living in the family home and used to close these curtains in the living room when she was napping during the day. I loved how the light glowed through the curtains and felt compelled to capture them in paint. As a portrait artist I couldn’t resist making the painting personal by adding myself into it. As these curtains held so many memories of my childhood and the awareness of the approaching sale of the home I felt a nostalgia for the past. I couldn’t keep the house but I could paint a memory of it.