Mano Photobox

Mano Photobox

2010

Acrylic on Wood panel

22" x 19" inches

This painting was done from a poloroid photograph that I slid back inside the empty poloroid film cartridge as a frame. I recreated the photo and frame in the painting. This tribute to portraiture plays on photography's role in changing how people's images are recorded and captured. The aesthetic of the poloroid, now out-dated by digital, still holds a strong place in many photographers' and artists' hearts. Traditional painted portraiture is also still highly regarded by some, though a lot of it, is aided by photography. The skin tone in the painting is left the color of the wood panel, leaving the trace of the raw material calling to mind the alchemy of art.