Faces

Abstract portrait artists confront peculiar challenges. When we see faces in everything, that is called pareidolia. When we see everything in faces, that is called empathy. Abstract portraits inhabit a space somewhere between the two, and their artists must contend simultaneously with both. I personally believe the sharp lines of these faces portray the beauty of imperfection. The beauty standards have been set so high for a perfect face, that I think we miss the beauty in how no 2 faces in this world look the same. The background brown is a bold representation of the independence everyone has to be their own unique person, different from any other, and that’s the message I’m trying to convey through my painting.