Red Lips, Oil Painting
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Shaina CraftRed Lips, Oil Painting2019
2019
About the Item
Artist Comments
A woman wearing red lipstick looks straight ahead, her mouth slightly open. Part of a series of petite paintings exploring portraiture through abbreviated, awkward compositions. Each piece features a section of the human face or body rendered in expressively naturalistic detail. "These little pieces say a lot about their subject," says Shaina. "They convey a surprising amount of intimacy, character and experiences."
About the Artist
Shaina’s figurative work spans the range from realism to abstraction, a dichotomy which she finds to be an ongoing inner conflict within her work. “It’s a search for balance and subtlety,” she says. Shaina is also captivated by the relationship between the beautiful and the grotesque, as seen in her varying presentations of the female form. She works from her own source imagery in a process that includes underpainting, layers of paint, and glazing. When she’s not painting, Shaina also makes tiles and pottery for a local ceramics shop.
Words that describe this painting: lips, lipstick, makeup, face, mouth, Marilyn Minter, woman, portrait, people, realism, representational, oil painting, red
Red Lips
Shaina Craft
Oil painting on wood
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2019
5 in. h x 7 in. w x 1 in. d
0 lbs. 8 oz.
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- Creation Year:2019
- Dimensions:Height: 5 in (12.7 cm)Width: 7 in (17.78 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:Red Lips. Shaina Craft. Oil painting on wood. Finished white edges. Ready to hang. One-of-a-kind. Signed on back.
- Gallery Location:San Francisco, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 692111stDibs: LU92216903032
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