Tag: Abstract self-portraits

• Le vieil homme dans la Lune.

  

  IN CELEBRATION OF THE 2021 LUNAR NEW YEAR: “Le vieil homme dans la Lune”, oil on canvas, 50 x 50 cm., 2021. Mankind’s fascination with the Man in the Moon represents a beloved age-old archetype which still incites curiosity, mystery and self-reflection. Whose image is it that stares back at us so intently … peering into…

  Adam Donaldson Powell

  February 17, 2021

  abstract figurative paintings, Lunar New Year, Self-portraits, Self-portraits by Adam Donaldson Powell

  Abstract self-portraits, Lunar New Year, Self-portrait; abstract figurative paintings

• Jeux d’eau – une forte pluie est imminente.

  

      “Jeux d’eau – une forte pluie est imminente”, oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm. This is a self-portrait in black, white and grey tones, featuring a cameo of myself lost in thought; and frozen within a simple abstract-minimalistic backdrop of an overcast day in January with an imminent threat of rainfall. Here,…

  Adam Donaldson Powell

  January 1, 2021

  abstract figurative paintings, abstract portraiture, Abstract self-portraits, Jeux d’eau

  abstract figurative paintings, Abstract self-portraits, Adam Donaldson Powell’s self-portraits, Jeux d’eau

• “Madre e hijo”.

  

  “Madre e hijo” (below) is my latest self-portrait — number nineteen in an ongoing series. I identify enthusiastically with Frida Kahlo’s comments about her own self-portrait series: “This is my ongoing self-portrait series, in which I explore different ways of seeing and presenting myself — with various styles and painting techniques. I paint self-portraits because…

  Adam Donaldson Powell

  November 13, 2020

  abstract figurative paintings, Self-portraits, Self-portraits by Adam Donaldson Powell

  abstract figurative paintings, Abstract self-portraits, Self-portraits