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.
darkmarket 2022 darknet seiten
darknet drug store tor market
dark internet deep web links
deep dark web dark web links
darknet seiten dark web link
tor market tor market links
darkmarket url tor markets 2022
drug markets dark web darkmarket
dark web site darknet markets
dark markets dark web links
darkmarket url deep web drug url
dark website darkmarket 2022
best darknet markets dark market onion
dark web websites best darknet markets
deep dark web darknet drug market
darkmarket tor markets 2022
blackweb official website darkmarket list
darkmarket list darkmarket link
dark market link darknet site
dark market url dark web markets
dark web sites links dark internet
dark market onion tor darknet
tor markets links dark web market list
tor dark web dark net
dark web site darknet seiten
drug markets onion tor market links
dark web drug marketplace darknet drug store
dark web link darknet links
deep web sites blackweb official website
dark web markets dark web search engine
dark market onion darknet drug market
dark net darknet drug links
deep web markets deep dark web
blackweb official website darkmarket url
dark web link dark markets
dark web search engines darkmarket link
tor markets 2022 darknet drug store
deep web links tor market
darknet markets dark website
dark web drug marketplace deep web links
black internet deep web sites
tor dark web dark market list
dark market list tor market url
darknet links dark websites
deep web drug markets dark web sites
deep web drug url darkmarket list
best darknet markets dark web site