The Answer

This bright, colour-saturated self-portrait was painted in response to a question about how we respond to life's challenges.

Modern life can, at times, feel fragile and yet also exhaustingly long and dry. In considering the question, I found that I lacked the language to wrestle with it let alone form an answer, but as my own face emerged from the canvas so too did a reply.

What was the question? It was this: 'Does the bleakness of life never frighten you?' If she has an answer, it is in her eyes.

This is an acrylic on canvas painting framed in a stained black American Ash float frame and ready to hang.

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Jessica is a fine artist from Brunswick, Victoria. She is inspired by people, form and colour as it intersects with humanity. She paints large scale portraiture and figure studies as an exploration of the human experience.