THE CONFIDENCE OF A PORTRAIT

Layer after layer of paint, Mary Jane Ansell builds up her paintings, her figures varying from being gentle and careless to the ones who are bold and confident.
The process begins with a light charcoal sketch and then the artist builds up a monochrome grisaille underpainting. She uses an indirect method, making her paintings more and more detailed. It is a time-consuming process which ends with the gradual adding of color with both transparent glazes and full bodied color. All of her artworks are oil on aluminum, and that decision came after she was asked to paint a portrait for a family who lived in Burma, where the humidity levels are very high.

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