This is Red. She was painted in 2019, in a rush of having seen her face emerge from the shadows of the canvas I’d be ‘scribbling’ on for ages. My photographer husband, Pete, and I had a great photoshoot last weekend, capturing Red and her companion, Unafraid. I’ll tell you about her in a bit because she’s going to be in my next book coming out in the summer. In the meantime, here’s Red, a mirror view of her artist which is why her earrings are in the ‘wrong ear’ if you’re used to seeing me. It makes me wonder about artist self portraits through the years and whether we’re all looking at mirror images!
searching stare