Portrait of Olivia by Judith Dickinson. See post below for larger image and discussion of painting.
After posting my last blog entry, I emailed Judith Dickinson, who I’d never met or talked to before. I asked her how she had decided to include the large empty space around Olivia, the little girl whose portrait I analyzed in “Expression of emotions”.
Judith emailed back such a perfect description of her intent in the painting that I asked her permission to add it here, which she readily gave. What she wrote to me expresses clearly and easily what I had struggled to find words for:
“I wanted to convey this small little girl alone in this long hallway and yet she is not distressed; in fact she is intently and comfortably aware of the bigness of life around her. [I wanted to portray] her courage and peaceful contemplation in such a “lonely” surrounding.”
So the feelings Dickinson sought to convey in Olivia’s portrait were exactly what I received in viewing it. The fact that such emotions are visible even in her small, 72 dpi website image of the painting tells me how successful Dickinson was in conveying what she wanted. She used every element of the portrait – Olivia’s face, body, and clothing, and the overall composition of the painting – to express her meaning.
Interestingly, Dickinson’s painting merges the two subjects I’ve written about in recent posts: the expression of emotion in portraits, and the use of very large space around the subject. The way Olivia relates to the empty hallway around her – her facial expression and the way she holds her body in the space – adds to the emotional impact of the painting.
By the way, looking at the painting again, I’ve realized the importance of the distance between Olivia’s uplifted chin and her hands in expressing her openness to life. While her arms are relaxed, they’re also stretched out as far as possible in pleasure, framing her little torso. The chin, raised as distant as doable from her hands, exposes her torso maximally, leaving her little body entirely, self-confidently open to whatever will come.
darknet marketplace black market credit card dumps
counterfeit euro deep web gray market place
deep web drug markets buying drugs off darknet
safe darknet markets Abacus Market darknet
buds express darknet market for noobs
duckduckgo onion site online onion market
updated darknet market list best websites dark web
darkmarket website darknet onion markets reddit
dark net market list best darknet market for weed
Kingdom darknet Market dark web sites for drugs
mega onion оффициальный сайт мега официальный сайт
working darknet market links darknet market that has ssn database
how to get to the black market online list of dark net markets
archetyp link online black market uk
darknet markets australia darkweb sites reddit
darknet seiten liste darknet market status
new darknet marketplaces dark markets bosnia
drugs darknet vendors core market darknet
how to access darknet market versus link
darknet market updates 2022 pax marketplace
мега онион сайт зайти на мегу
deep web search engines 2022 black market websites credit cards
darknet dream market reddit darknet market url list
how to buy from the darknet markets lsd trusted darknet vendors
redit safe darknet markets incognito url
darknet markets noob best darknet market 2022
darknet market canada dark web markets reddit 2022
tor markets links dark web link
dark markets hungary darknet dream market
Kingdom link buying from darknet market with electrum
what darknet markets are live reddit darknet market australia
мега магазин мега onion оффициальный сайт
wiki sticks drugs steroid market darknet
escrow market darknet link darknet market
versus link cypher market link
мега даркнет мега мефедрон
dark web cvv reddit darknet market australia
assassination market darknet duckduckgo dark web search
dark markets venezuela the best onion sites
мега нарко мега официальный сайт
dark markets korea how to buy bitcoin for the dark web
dark web links 2022 reddit best darknet drug sites
mega даркнет мега скорость
mega onion зеркала mega онион сайт
darknet market reddit 2022 counterfeit euro deep web
darknet market ranking buy drugs online darknet
versus project link adresse onion black market
dark markets indonesia lsd drug wiki
tor darknet sites exploit market darknet
legit darknet sites Abacus Market darknet