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SUE WICKER⁠⠀ @suewickerart⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Inspired by film noir, Sue Wicker’s incredibly striking portraits capture the genre’s leading ladies in colour. Using a simplified colour palette of expressive tones, Wicker begins by building layers of thin acrylic washes. She positions herself as the subject, assuming their character in order to best express their feelings. The dramatic use of colour and lighting imbue the work with a heightened psychological tension, characteristic of the film genre. The subjects of the portraits have a fragility to them, the use of colour and shape draws our attention to the sitters but they often avert our gaze. When they do meet the viewer in the eye, the expression is intense. We see this effect in Candy (the third slide); the use of pastel colours in this portrait contrasts the intensity of her eyes as she turns to meet the viewer with an undetermined expression. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Contact us for further information and prices.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Interested in exhibiting your work? Click the link in our bio 👈⁠⠀
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