Cutting Observations: Melissa Bates
Cutting Observations: Melissa Bates
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A portrait of the amazing Melissa Bates. I’m not sure who was more terrified when I set up the photo shoot with her balanced on a sheet of toughened glass while I crawled underneath brandishing my camera. All in the name of art!
Melissa creates spectacular, stylised observations of the people around her spontaneously with the use of a scalpel and cardboard. For years she has been dazzling the attendees of her Monday morning life drawing sessions as she perches on the ground and creates visual magic with a few strategic sweeps of her knife.
This portrait depicts the perspective of a piece of cardboard as it anticipates being transformed into a masterpiece!
Airbrushed acrylic with ink brushwork.
3mm thick aluminium 100cm x 100cm | 11.3kg
Timber baton across back with wire string. No frame required.
Due to the limitations of photography and digital inaccuracy, some colours may appear slightly different in the original. Also, due to the nature of some materials used, variation in colour and sheen may occur over time.