Saturday, April 02, 2011

What I've been doing


I continue to be enthralled with doing faces, although I've done a few other things, too. Everyday I scan the obituaries in the newspaper looking for faces that appeal to me for some reason or other. My criteria is usually the birth date and how interesting I think the rendering will be. As I look at these images I feel as if I get to know them, imagining their lives and their deaths. I don't seem to react emotionally to them, but contemplate the fact of death and its consequences. Once in awhile I think of the family, the person who chose the picture for the obituary. All of the dead are smiling, which I guess is the way they want their relative to be presented to the world no matter what their life was like.

4 comments:

judith said...

As I read the obituaries every day, and know that you are doing this, I try to choose the faces you would paint.... i wonder...

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Cool Collection faces pictures. i am daily obituaries reader. so i wanted to know what is the reason for collecting such type of faces.Its a true Fact that life and death are one of the truths..

i Think you understand what i am trying to say. But one think i would like to say that your Blog is too good and little emotional...I have liked it thanks

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