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Untitled Portraits by *RohanElf:iconRohanElf:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > Portraits

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An installation in an exhibition for uni of all the Untitled Portraits Ive been working on recently as well as the Prayer Flags from last year. I put them all in with the light and everything and my teachers came along as said "Wouldnt it be cool if you turned them all backwards?!" and I was like "....yeeeeah totally..." its cool but now I have to come up with a reason for it lol.

Anyway, enjoy. Sorry for the shoddy photography!



Thankyou so much in advance for your comments, I read every single one of them and appreciate them all even if I dont get a chance to reply to them!

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~samw61 Apr 4, 2009, 5:05:23 AM
Now I have no idea of what the brief for this project was but I'll throw an idea out there for the backwards paintings:

"Each piece is to be viewed from the back as it shows confinement of the subjects within and behind the frame that obscures the true beauty of each piece"

or maybe..

"My teachers told me to turn them around, so I did.."

Yeah, the last one should work a treat!!

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~Prilblume Apr 4, 2009, 5:14:28 AM
haha i hope you came up with a reason for turning them around....:) anyway, it really looks good this way. and the single portraits also look nice to me. i especially like the man with glasses on the left...i think its silk painting stuff. yeah.....:D

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=AloraKitten Apr 4, 2009, 8:38:36 AM
I like the backwards view - almost like looking through a window, adds an aspect of voyeurism to it. I like it a lot!

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*coNstantine2530 Apr 4, 2009, 9:04:33 AM
Oooh, it looks great! It looks like an abandoned room, or sth.


(is that Sokka on one of the BW portraits?)

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~Laura-Jayne21 Apr 4, 2009, 3:38:24 PM
Looks awesome man!! I wish I could come to at least one of your exhibitions one day! :P
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*VeraAda Apr 5, 2009, 12:28:07 AM
Backwards? Wha? :confused:

I like the one of Nathan best so far :)
Looks awesome :sun:

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~stayfrostysparky Apr 5, 2009, 3:56:18 AM
I like what looks like a massive pile of used pantyhose/tissues/condoms on the floor :)

Yes, I know they are prayer flags.

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=lilhazelstar Apr 5, 2009, 7:32:25 AM
This is beautiful. It reminds me of something someone did for their BFA show a couple years ago. If I find the picture I'll make sure to show it to ya.

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~Joan-Ivy Apr 5, 2009, 10:47:18 AM
Oh I'm sure you can come up with a wonderfully deep and artsy nonsense-explanation. :D

It looks really good btw! :lol: Thumbs up mate.

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*Elfin-Grrl Apr 5, 2009, 10:51:02 AM
Wow, looks so effective and beautiful :heart:

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