annathegreenwitch:Fiona Mary Shaw by Victoria Kate Russell, oil on canvas, 2001-2002.Yesterday I wen
annathegreenwitch:Fiona Mary Shaw by Victoria Kate Russell, oil on canvas, 2001-2002.Yesterday I went to the National Portrait Gallery and stumbled upon this beauty. Ended up staring a little longer than I initially planned. I loved what the explanation board said: the portrait is meant to represent a moment ‘in between’, when the real person shifts into a character. Here, Fiona is partially undressed, because she is leaving her real life identity as she is about to go on stage and become a character. (Something like that, I’m writing from memory.)I’m not very good at reading paintings, can only say whether I like it or not, but this very portrait appealed to me on an entirely different level. I mean just look at it. It’s beautiful. -- source link