About

Portrait 8

A pastel artist drawn to the immediacy and vitality of portraiture. My work explores the energy and emotion captured in the human face, using bold, direct strokes and a vivid, dynamic colour palette. Each piece aims to convey movement and inner life—often through layers of gestural marks that blend realism with abstraction.

Inspired by the texture and intensity of soft pastels, I build portraits that are as much about feeling as form. The result is artwork that feels alive, expressive, and in motion—where the sitter’s presence and personality emerge through the rhythm of mark-making and colour contrasts.

These pastel portraits explore age not as decline, but as culmination—time etched into skin, memory woven into colour.